RM> For one thing, if there is a nationally agreed-upon standard,
RM> then we can have exit exams which certify that a graduate has
RM> attained certain skills or a certain base of knowledge.  As
RM> it is now, a graduate may, or may not, know much of ANYTHING!
    Most smaller colleges recruit regionally right now and most state 
universities recruit statewide.  But the presence of state-level competency 
exams for graduation doesn't mean that a HS grad is competent in anything, so 
why do you think a national-level competency exam will?
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