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!
MS>Most smaller colleges recruit regionally right now and most state 
MS>universities recruit statewide.
Which relates to this..... how?
MS>But the presence of state-level competency exams for graduation 
MS>doesn't mean that a HS grad is competent in anything, so why do 
MS>you think a national-level competency exam will?
Who has a "state-level competency exam for graduation"?!?  
Even NY, with its Regents exams, has NO exit exam for
competency; to which state(s) are you referring?
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