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To: LindyBill who wrote (97842)	1/31/2005 5:32:46 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 793774

If you can't raise the student's performance, lower the test requirements." Thats "Educations" goal. Joanne Jacobs. Guess pass New York students can pass the Math A Regents exam by answering 31 percent of questions; 40 percent earns an "honors" pass. The exam, the simpler of two math tests and a requirement for graduation, is comprised of 30 multiple-choice questions worth 2 points each and nine computation questions worth up to 4 points. Answering just 13 of the multiple-choice questions right — each question provides four possible answers — guarantees a passing grade. "It is unreasonable that a student who gets the minimum passing score has achieved only slightly better results than a student who guesses," said Stanley Ocken, a math professor at City College of New York and a critic of the grading system. In 2003, two-thirds of students failed the exam, so the passing score was adjusted.

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