RM> ->In the wake of the low student pass rate, committee members
RM> -> re-grouped and decided to phase in the test standards.  For
RM> -> example, the passing score will be lowered the first year by five
RM> -> points on the math and reading sections.  The passing scores will
RM> -> raised one point each year, beginning in 1997-1998, until the
RM> -> 2001-2002 school year, notes the paper. 
 
One has to remember that test are not the entire process.  Yet, the 
public seems to think so. If they(public) are serious about raising 
standards - and I question that - then there needs to be a look at the 
entire process.  Set the goal, research the problem, use a proven 
methololgy, fund the methology, decide how to evaluate the outcome.
 
The process of simply raising standards is like saying that I am going 
to get my boat out of the water simply by raisig the stern three feet.
And some wonder why they are not taken seriously.
 
Keep your stick on the Ice,
Paul
 
 
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