Responding to a message by Sheila, to Charles on ...
SK>CB>Is it really plausible that Berkeley graduated more than 75 students
SK>CB>who cannot perform at what the state claims is merely a 10th grade
SK>CB>level?"
SK>
SK>I think this certainly IS possible.
Maybe we need standardized tests for college grads too?  Or is that 
what the CBEST purports to do?
SK>What is so alarming about a number of the persons who do not pass, is
SK>that they cannot pass the _writing_ portion of the exam.
One of my favorite complaints - just think about it - we graduate 
kids who score only 65% in reading and writing.  Imagine getting a 
letter from someone in which 35% of the syntax is incorrect, in 
which 35% of the spelling is incorrect, etc.  It would be nearly illegible.
SK>This is entirely possible. I wouldn't be surprised in the least that the
SK>exam is culturally biased. I think it is very difficult to write an exam
SK>that is in no way culturally biased.
Some prototypes of the SAT were produced on which scores of whites 
and minorities were not significantly different, but they were never 
adopted.
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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