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.
VH1 star Ahmad Givens, who was known as Real, died Friday after a battle with cancer, his brother said. Ahmad Givens, who was known as Real on VH1's Real Chance of Love, died after a battle with cancer, his brother said. Givens passed away late Friday, hours after he struggled to see and speak when his family visited, TMZ reported. He was 33. Givens had been battling stage 4 colon cancer since he was diagnosed in 2013, according to TMZ.