CB>  Quotes are taken from a message written by Sheila to Charles on 
07/22/96...
CB>  SK>I could've sworn there was some exam you posted about that students
CB>  SK>needed a relatively low raw score to pass (below 50%). I will have to
CB>  SK>spend more time looking for that article. Then again, I may have
CB>  SK>imagined the whole thing. %*>
CB>  You could well be right.  In New York State we have been administering
CB>  minimum competency tests at grades 3 and 6 for a number of years (all of
CB>  that will be changing shortly).  I am not familiar with the entire
CB>  battery of tests, but on the 6th grade math exams, students are
CB>  considered minimally competent if they get 22 of the 60 questions
CB>  correct.  That might not be so bad if the test were challenging, but it
CB>  is nothing more than a test of basic skills.  Pretty sad, in my 
estimation.
As it turns out, I did go back and read through a number of the messages
that you had posted about foreign school systems, but I was unable to locate
the quote I was thinking of (if indeed it existed and wasn't just my
imagination). I decided I didn't have more time to pursue that search. :-(
Sheila
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