Test

2022 - 10 - 25

CBK to test a buy now, pay later product within its regulatory sandbox (Finextra)

In light of the keenness of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) to enable modern financial technologies in the State of Kuwait and to enhance its role in ...

The Central Bank of Kuwait highlighted the role the Regulatory Sandbox Framework plays in providing a safe environment to assess, evaluate and enhance Fintech products. This came in a statement to the CBK, in which it indicated the keenness of the CBK to support innovative Fintech based business models to deliver value-added services to users in particular, and the local market in general. The product provides the merchant with an opportunity to provide his products and services to customers, manage his banking operations easily, and view all details of purchases, payments and return processes.

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"Wake-up call" education test results (Axios)

No state posted improvements in math — and those scores dropped in 51 states and jurisdictions since 2019.

[National test scores fall to lowest levels in decades](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/01/students-covid-19-pandemic-learning-loss) [results](https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/). [Nation's Report Card](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/01/students-covid-19-pandemic-learning-loss).

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Georgia student test scores hold steady through the pandemic ... (11Alive.com WXIA)

Georgia students have held steady through the pandemic according to a national education organization, but test scores show at least one area of concern.

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Setback for America as test scores of students fall to record levels (WION)

A new survey by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has shown that American students and their learning capabilities took a big hit due ...

the survey was conducted on hundreds of thousands of fourth and eighth graders and showed that decades of academic growth were erased and racial disparities widened This was the first time the data was released since 2019 after the 2021 exams were postponed. In math, we experienced an eight point declinehistoric for this assessment," said eggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics

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Relax taxi driver geography test to address driver shortage - FreeNow (Newstalk)

The geography test for new taxi drivers should be relaxed to encourage more people into the industry, according to the head of FreeNow.

“We would like to see that by 2030.” “The exam drivers have to pass is quite extensive. He said the cost of business for drivers is increasing all the time, with the cost of vehicles rising alongside the cost of fuel, adding that drivers need supports to remain in business.

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ABC To Launch Unscripted Series 'The Parent Test,' Based on Hit ... (Variety)

Host Ali Wentworth and expert Dr. Adolph Brown interact with 12 families and explore their different parenting methods in ABC's "The Parent Test," based on ...

It’s something that we all choose to do and want to do, and want to do it better.” And I love the idea of different parenting styles because I spend a lot of time talking to other parents about their parenting styles and what works and what doesn’t. As a host, I had no idea how deeply involved I was going to get.” “The parenting space is one that I particularly love because I am a parent, and I talk a lot about parenting stuff in my podcast,” Wentworth says. So as a host, I thought it was going to be very lighthearted. “And I write a lot about parenting in my book. Adolph Brown](https://variety.com/t/dr-adolph-brown/) (who goes by the nickname “Doc Brown”), a master teacher and clinical psychologist who serves as the show’s parenting expert. Adds Brown: “I was interested in being a part of a show that had heart, had humor, but also actually has some explosion. Wentworth and husband George Stephanopolous have two children; parenting has been a major part of her Shondaland & iHeart podcast “Go Ask Ali.” “I think what the pandemic did was throw all the old ideas about parenting out the window. ET (following the special “Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration”). [The Parent Test](https://variety.com/t/the-parent-test/),” a new unscripted series that follows 12 families as they are run through various situations, with a special premiere on Thursday, Dec.

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