Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Koerner argues that some nationally recognized test, like those used in Europe, might bring up standards. Yet, he adds, "because of the broadness of the political constituency, the exam will probably end up being so easy that it won't tell you much"?a criticism already leveled at the state competency tests. There is also the problem of how to avoid any cultural bias that might adversely affect minority students...
...Control ? all signs indicate that today's students are more poorly equipped in basic skills than were their predecessors. After holding steady for decades, the average scores on the College Entrance Examination Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, still the broadest standard of nationwide educational achievement, have been falling slowly but steadily since 1962. As measured on the SAT'S 200-to-800 scale, average verbal ability has fallen by 10% (to the 430 level), while average math skills have declined by 6% (to the 470s). Expectations that gifted s students, at least, would benefit from the infusion of money...
...voters turned out the last progressive on the board, which must now find a permanent successor to Ludwig. Several candidates are under consideration?and are being examined closely to see if they will hew to the back-to-basics line. The board has also decreed that a "comprehensive testing program" be introduced to test basic skills...
...about academic danger signs. Composite scores on the ACT test, an Iowa-bred competitor of the SAT exam, have been drifting downward since 1972. Meanwhile, almost 70% of the West seniors who took the ACT test this year had a grade point average of 3 or higher out of a possible 4, compared with only 39% in 1970. For the past four years, A's have been the most commonly awarded grade. Says Senior Kyle Schulz: "If you get a C, that's terrible...
...English spelling, I say 'Of course not; you'd all flunk.' " She criticizes the severity of her native German schools, but frets: "Next year, these kids are going to sit in lecture halls and it's going to be a big shock. Some have never even taken a semester test...