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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (41439)	6/21/1999 8:48:00 PM
From: jpmac	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

There was a move (I don't recall if it passed) in Alabama to have an exam to be taken by all high-schoolers before graduation. It was in reaction to the fact that so many were being graduated with reading skills in the grammer school range. Many were functionally illiterate. The idea was to not let them get the degree without demonstrating through testing certain levels of education. I think they were only aiming for the 8th grade level. I'll see if I can find something on the net about it.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (41439)	6/21/1999 8:51:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I think balancing always. No social good is entirely good. People have been decrying the decline of public education for as long as I can remember. You may be too young to remember "Why Johnny Can't Read." But if you make public education mandatory, then you've got the problem of people who can't meet the standards because they just don't have what it takes, whether the lack is intellectual, social, emotional, moral, whatever, some just are not going to make the grade. Has the bar been lowered? Sure. Social passing is a fact of life. It doesn't fool anyone, and it gives a motivated kid a leg up on the next step up the ladder. Where are these guys going to wind up? At Jiffy-Lube, and driving trucks, and such. Is anyone sitting on the admission committee at say, Stanford, going to admit a D-average graduate whose academic career consists of non-college prep courses? Don't think so. If you insist that only people who can pass a mandatory exam can have high school diplomas, all you'll get will be more people without high school diplomas, IMHO.