State education officials say that they have not made it easier to pass the tests, and that the scoring thresholds have dropped for a simple reason: the test questions themselves have actually become harder.
Synopsis. American gymnast Shawn Johnson was born in Des Moines, Iowa on January 19, 1992. Sixteen years later, she won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics, which took place in Beijing, China. After winning season 8 of Dancing with the Stars in 2009, Johnson began training for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Russell Johnson, best known as the Professor on âGilliganâs Island,â dead at 89. Russell Johnson is survived by his third wife and two adult children. Somewhere out there heâs making a telephone out of a pair of coconut shells. Russell Johnson, the actor who played the Professor on âGilliganâs Island,â has died of natural causes. He was 89. Dawn Wells, the actress who played girl-next-door Mary Ann on the popular â60s sitcom, confirmed Johnsonâs death in a Facebook post Thursday afternoon. (CBS Photo Archive)