RON MCDERMOTT spoke of Aft News to CHARLES BEAMS on 12-27-96
RM>CB>SAT SCORES UP; SHANKER CREDITS MORE RIGOROUS COURSES
RM>CB>SAT scores rose modestly in 1996, an improvement AFT president
RM>CB>Albert Shanker attributes to a renewed emphasis in schools on the
RM>CB>academic core curriculum. The average math score rose two points,
RM>CB>to 508, while verbal scores were up a point, to 505.
RM>This, of course, is silly... A 1 or 2 point change is just
RM>background "noise", as it only represents something like a
RM>0.2% - 0.4% change - Random fluctuation.....
Beats dropping.......How significantly do individual scores have to 
improve for the overall score to show any improvement?  Hey....maybes it 
just the beginning (of a continued rise??)
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