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The Western Kentucky University Crumps Cave Research And Education Preserve, National Cave And Karst Research Institute Nov 2013

The Western Kentucky University Crumps Cave Research And Education Preserve, National Cave And Karst Research Institute

KIP Articles

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The Origins, Evolution, And Effects Of Test Based Accountability: North Carolina And The Nation, 1976-2009, Scott Baker Jun 2013

The Origins, Evolution, And Effects Of Test Based Accountability: North Carolina And The Nation, 1976-2009, Scott Baker

Summer Workshop on the Comparative History of School Accountability

This paper examines the origins, development, and effects of test based accountability between 1976 and 2009. Using evidence from North Carolina and other southern states to illuminate broader national developments, the paper focuses on three overlapping waves of test based accountability that began in southern states in the 1970s and spread throughout the United States in the decades that followed: 1) the minimum competency movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s, 2) the raising of high school graduation requirements and the implementation of more rigorous high school exit exams in the 1980s and 1990s, and 3) the adoption of …


The Kwi Conduit, Karst Waters Institute Jun 2013

The Kwi Conduit, Karst Waters Institute

The KWI Conduit

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The Kwi Conduit, Karst Waters Institute Jan 2013

The Kwi Conduit, Karst Waters Institute

The KWI Conduit

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Hydrogeological Controls On The Occurrence And Movement Of Groundwater Discharged At Magic Springs In The Spring Branch Creek Drainage Basin, Spring Branch, Texas, Mark Tilman Childre Jan 2013

Hydrogeological Controls On The Occurrence And Movement Of Groundwater Discharged At Magic Springs In The Spring Branch Creek Drainage Basin, Spring Branch, Texas, Mark Tilman Childre

KIP Theses and Dissertations

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Cave Millipeds Of The United States. Viii. New Genera And Species Of Polydesmidan Millipeds From Caves In The Southwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), William A. Shear Jan 2013

Cave Millipeds Of The United States. Viii. New Genera And Species Of Polydesmidan Millipeds From Caves In The Southwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), William A. Shear

KIP Articles

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Distinct Lineage Of Vesiculovirus From Big Brown Bats, United States, Terry Fei Fan Ng, Cindy Driscoll, Maria Paz Carlos, Algernon Prioleau, Robert Schmieder, Bhakti Dwivedi, Jakk Wong, Yunhee Cha, Steven Head, Mya Breitbart, Eric Delwart Jan 2013

Distinct Lineage Of Vesiculovirus From Big Brown Bats, United States, Terry Fei Fan Ng, Cindy Driscoll, Maria Paz Carlos, Algernon Prioleau, Robert Schmieder, Bhakti Dwivedi, Jakk Wong, Yunhee Cha, Steven Head, Mya Breitbart, Eric Delwart

Marine Science Faculty Publications

We identified a novel rhabdovirus, American bat vesiculovirus, from postmortem tissue samples from 120 rabies-negative big brown bats with a history of human contact. Five percent of the tested bats were infected with this virus. The extent of zoonotic exposure and possible health effects in humans from this virus are unknown.