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Devalued Diploma. The result: in the past year, "minimal competency testing" has become the hottest new catch phrase in public education. Described by educators as a "man on the street" effort to halt the devaluation of a high school diploma, minimal competency requires students to pass proficiency exams, in addition to course work, in order to graduate. So far, six states -California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia and Washington-have enacted minimal competency laws. Florida has also outlawed traditional "social passing," by which illiterate students eventually graduated after merely attending school enough years. In ten more states, boards of education...
Crimson goaltender Brian Petrovek could have taken an exam for the first 39 minutes of the contest, as Harvard's defense checked the opposition effectively, allowing the Tigers only 13 shots on the cage over the first two stanzas. Not until the third period did Petro have to display his Beanpot form...
...Thou shalt not schedule any courses with an exam after the second weekend. Come on, don't make the same mistake you did last term. You know you want to get out of here as soon as possible and besides, the next time exams roll around, the sun will be shining. Brightly. As in rays. You dig. That eliminates Monday, Wednesday and Friday at one, and two, Tuesday and Thursday at 12, three and four...
...Thou shalt not schedule any courses that meet at lunchtime or have a Saturday exam. Hey, you gotta (at least make the attempt to) eat, and I don't care what they say, Friday night is still Friday night, exam period or no exam period. Which just happens to eliminate Mondays at 10 and 12 (once a week is enough for most people, anyway...
...concerned with a workshop approach. I think they'll learn more by trying to work with ideas rather than being told them. That's why there's no exam--I want them to deal with reality," Fisher said...