While America was screening test flight pilots from the air force to see who would be the first American in space, America was not able to accomplish this feat, only experienced pilots that can endear the forces of launching a rocket. ... The U.S. began looking for engineers, funding, and a place to conduct testing and launching. When America decided to have a space program, it established the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A.) and it started from military tests in the desert of New Mexico (Murray 26). ... The only test facility was the one at Langley, Virginia where ...

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Other states, however; may mandate annual testing, teacher certification, etc. ... Up to fourth grade, home schooled children are about one grade level ahead, according to standardized tests, but by eighth grade, they average four grades above the national average. The rise of home schooling has sparked an explosion of marvelous curriculums which focus on the ideal of a broad education. ...

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