Hello Ruth,
On 19 May 96  11:41 Ruth Leblanc wrote to Ron Mcdermott...
 RL> Hi Ron,
 RM>For one thing, if there is a nationally agreed-upon standard,
 >then we can have exit exams which certify that a graduate has
 >attained certain skills or a certain base of knowledge.  As
 >it is now, a graduate may, or may not, know much of ANYTHING!
 RL> Well, I come from England which has a system of exit exams -
 RL> nationally agreed-upon standards. When I was growing up we had 
 RL> the 11+ tests that dictated who would be eligible to get into 
 RL> grammar schools.
You make a perfect example here, especially coming from a
social structure that is anything but diverse!  Can you
imagine designing a standardized test that could deal with the
ethnic, economic, environemental, etc issues of the United
States?  
Rgds,
-=Pat=-
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