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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...While reading the article "Questions of Validity Surround Teacher Tests" (Feb. 24), I was reminded of a similar issue that arose in my home state of Florida about 10 years ago. All college sophomores were required to take and pass the CLAST test in order to continue on to the college of their chosen major. The test was supposed to be at about a 10th grade level. I honestly feel it was much easier than that, and I went to a mediocre public high school and was a B student in college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...Well, there were many students who failed one or more parts of the test (you can retake it as many times as you need to pass.) There was an outcry of, "It's unfair! It's gender biased! It's race biased! Our future shouldn't be based on one test...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...feeling at the time was, and still is, if you cannot pass an easy test of basic, general literacy skills, I do not want you receiving a diploma from my University. It would lower the credibility of an education from the University, and that's not fair to those of us who have no problem performing basic math skills and forming complete sentences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...striving for mature grace, its bricks are handmade and wood-burned to evoke the history and charm of older buildings. Plaques on either side testify to the ancient roots of the College, further distinguishing this gate. Go home Tigers; with Harvard's 98 percent graduation rate, our students can pass through undaunted whenever they like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rites of Passage: How Well do You Know Your Gates? | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...striving for mature grace, its bricks are handmade and wood-burned to evoke the history and charm of older buildings. Plaques on either side testify to the ancient roots of the College, further distinguishing this gate. Go home Tigers; with Harvard's 98 percent graduation rate, our students can pass through undaunted whenever they like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RITES OF PASSAGE | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

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