recentering

The societal shift of consciousness necessary for such a recentering is — in a pre-apocalyptic context, at least — virtually unthinkable.

The Apocalypse of Adolescence 2002

The societal shift of consciousness necessary for such a recentering is — in a pre-apocalyptic context, at least — virtually unthinkable.

The Apocalypse of Adolescence 2002

Up to a point, the "recentering" is mere bureaucratic make-work.

Merchants Of Mediocrity 2008

The "recentering" will obscure long-term trends and make them harder to explain.

Merchants Of Mediocrity 2008

Worse, the "recentering" blurs the distinction between students 'abilities in math and reading (and, by inference, writing).

Merchants Of Mediocrity 2008

College Board officials say they're simply "recentering" the SAT scale to correct for decades of declining scores.

An Inflated Sat 2008

But in a larger sense, the "recentering" hurts us all by sanctioning mediocrity.

Merchants Of Mediocrity 2008

White House aides scrambled to say that Bush was not announcing a true change in China policy but rather a "recentering," whatever that means.

First Brush With History 2007

A second factor is the 1995 "recentering" of the SAT — essentially a rejiggering of the curve to bring up average scores after a decades-long decline.

Independent Counsel 2004

At the same time, pervasive grade inflation in high schools and the "recentering" of SAT scores (which raised applicants 'scores, on average, by more than 100 points) made it harder for admissions committees to tell one top-level applicant from another.

The Big Picture 2004