American schools are awash in standardized testing. Students are spending more and more time on state-mandated, high-stakes tests linked to state standards. There are variations among the states in terms of how often they test students, what subjects they test, whether their exams are normor criterion-referenced, and whether multiple-choice questions are supplemented by other question types. Bu...

Dr Lentine has effectively presented an argument for weight loss prior to transplant and has included a balanced view with important caveats. It should be noted that there aremany points of agreement between our ‘polar views’. Most importantly, we agree that BMI is an imprecisemeasure of obesity and surgical risk and that a ‘one size fits all’ approach is not ideal. Our opinions diverge with re...