From the beginning PISA has been designed with one particular method of data analysis in mind Since students work on different test booklets raw scores must be 'scaled' to allow meaningful comparisons Scores are thus scaled so that the OECD average in each domain (mathematics reading and science) is 500 and the standard deviation is 100. This is true only for the initial PISA cycle when the scale was first introduced though subsequent cycles are linked to the previous cycles through IRT scale linking methods; 1.2 Changes in national assessment policy Mountbatten in 1943 White statue of Sir Stamford Raffles standing, Singapore's foreign policy is aimed at maintaining security in Southeast Asia and surrounding territories An underlying principle is political and economic stability in the region it has diplomatic relations with more than 180 sovereign states the Singaporean passport is second in the world after Japan for visa-free travel granted by the most countries to its citizens. Singaporean cuisine has been promoted as a tourist attraction by the Singapore Tourism Board The Singapore Food Festival held every year in July is a celebration of Singapore's cuisine The Overseas Singaporean Unit also organises Singapore Day in major cities around the world as a platform for Singaporeans living abroad. One of Singapore Day's major draws is the local Singaporean hawker food which is prepared on-site by well-known hawkers specially flown in for the event, Airports As of 31 January 2010 SGX had 774 listed companies with a combined market capitalisation of S$650 billion The revenues of SGX are mainly from the securities market (75%) and derivatives market (25%). 8 See also Administration Rise of militarism House of Representatives Republic The nascent Meiji state required a new military command for its operations against the shogunate In 1868 the "Imperial Army" being just a loose amalgam of domain armies the government created four military divisions: the Tokaido Tosando San'indo and Hokurikudo each of which was named for a major highway. Overseeing these four armies was a new high command the Eastern Expeditionary High Command (Tosei daiso tokufu) whose nominal head was prince Arisugawa-no-miya with two court nobles as senior staff officers. This connected the loose assembly of domain forces with the imperial court which was the only national institution in a still unformed nation-state the army continually emphasized its link with the imperial court: firstly to legitimize its cause; secondly to brand enemies of the imperial government as enemies of the court and traitors; and lastly to gain popular support to supply food weapons and other supplies for the campaign the imperial government established logistical relay stations along three major highways These small depots held stockpiled material supplied by local pro-government domains or confiscated from the bafuku and others opposing the imperial government Local villagers were routinely impressed as porters to move and deliver supplies between the depots and frontline units. .

The Supertree Grove at Gardens by the Bay Year GDP IB Information Technology in a Global Society 2.5 Growth in the Service Sector Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort opened in 2010 one of the world's most photographed buildings. A foreign exchange option (commonly shortened to just FX option) is a derivative where the owner has the right but not the obligation to exchange money denominated in one currency into another currency at a pre-agreed exchange rate on a specified date The FX options market is the deepest largest and most liquid market for options of any kind in the world. Risk-takers 18 Notes Mixed Level[c] 36,153 2,966 Airport ICAO IATA Usage Runway Length 1.1 Bazian (88.7) 2 Singapore food internationally! 5 Private healthcare See also: Cloud and Precipitation, During the May 1959 elections the People's Action Party (PAP) won a landslide victory Singapore became an internally self-governing state within the Commonwealth with Lee Kuan Yew as its first Prime Minister. As a result the 1959 general elections were the first after full internal self-government was granted by the British authorities Singapore was not yet fully independent as the British still controlled external affairs such as the military and foreign relations However Singapore was now a recognised state Governor Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode served as the first Yang di-Pertuan Negara (Head of State) and was succeeded by Yusof bin Ishak; .