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Florida grade-schoolers aren't the only ones sweating new standardized tests these days. With President Clinton's proposal for national reading and math tests shelved by Congress, states are rushing to roll out comprehensive tests of their own. In the past two years, some 20 states have unveiled custom-made exams intended to hold students (and their schools) to higher educational standards. What's more, unlike the old-style multiple-choice exams, in which lucky guesses often padded scores, tests in more and more states now include subjective "performance questions" that ask students to craft essays and show their...
...test, though many educators claim the test was unfair because it was not geared specifically to school curriculums. In Massachusetts, which introduced its exam last spring, more than 80% of fourth-graders got a failing score or a "needs improvement" in English; half of all 10th-graders failed the math portion of the test. Governor Paul Cellucci calls the performance "unacceptable." Maybe so, but it's not surprising, says Harvard lecturer S. Paul Reville. "We were having difficulty reaching lower standards, and now we've raised the bar by a factor...
Some concentrations--such as women's studies, literature and religion--reported student satisfaction ratings several times those of the lowest performers, like economics and applied math...
...Cultures 26, "Industrial East Asia" will examine the political and economic transformation of the Four Tigers of Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. He adds that his course is excellent preparation for aspiring investment bankers trying to make it in the Pacific Rim. Hundreds of economics and applied math concentrators mob him after lecture, pledging their intention to enroll...
...statewide Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests were implemented last May. Students in the fourth, eighth and 10th grades are given open-ended questions to test their knowledge of English, science and math...