So far, the standardized approach, which was launched in June 2012 and is spearheaded by the International Tourism Partnership and the World Travel and Tourism Council, is geared toward companies that book conferences and corporate travel.

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When the Shared-First approach is implemented in concert with PortfolioStat investment reviews, standardized architecture methods, and Digital Government planning concepts, agencies will have a stronger set of tools by which to innovate with less.

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The fact is, such an approach threatens the status-quo in more deeply fundamental ways even than high-stakes standardized testing.

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Only with this tough-love approach, and a genuinely independent grading and proctoring regimen for all standardized tests, will the scores on New York City Regents Exams actually mirror what New York City students empirically know.

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