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Western Carolinian Volume 44 Number 18

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  • PAGE 10/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/JANUARY 25, 1979 Competency test draws fire RALEIGH, N.C. AP—The competency test given to 11th graders last fall w as easier than the trial test gi\ en in thi- spring, a nationally-known educational test evaluator savs. More than half the reading Questions and 79 percent of the mathematics questions were new ones or ones that had been revised', state officials have said. But the) have denied thai any effort was made to make the test easier so fewer students would fail. W. James Popham, an education professor at UCLA and a consultant to North Carolina's Competency Test Commission, said, "It's apparent that they, the new and revised questions are easier." State officials have maintained that new and revised questions made the fall test clearer, but not easier. Students must pass both portions to receive a diploma. Officials had predicted, based on the trial run, that as many as two out of five, or 40 percent, of the students would fail one or both parts of the test. In fact, about one out of six, or about 17 percent, of the students failed. "Whether that is a deliberate effort to make the North Carolina educational effort look good. I don't know," Popham said. Students scored considerably better on the changed questions than on those that remained the same, state figures show. E. David Bruton. chairman of the state Board of Education, said that the fall test might have been easier. "It looks like the test was easier to score better on," Bruton said. "But the reason may be a valid one if ?ou cleaned up questions that were confusing." James J. Gallagher, chairman of the competency test commission, has said that all test questions were made to eliminate confusing, ambiguous or biased questions. The changes, be said, did not make the test easier. Popham said that the results had also improved on questions that were not changed. But, he added, the larger gains on the changed questions indicated that the new and revised questions were easier. LINEUP: MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 6a.m. 9 a.m. Jake Phillips 9 a.m. 11 a.m. B.J. Shields 11 a.m - 12 p.m. Classical 12 p.m - 2 p.m. Mike Hooper 2 p.m. -4 p.m. Jim Roberts 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Mike Wix 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Dan Gaddy 8 p.m. -9 p.m. Hotline 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Album Rock (AOR) OFFICERS: General Manager: Jake Phillips Program Director: Mike Wix Business Manager: Pam Black News Director: Jim Roberts Music Director: Debbie Potter Traffic Manager: Carlyle Rees Production Manager: B.J. Shields Sports Director: Mike Wagoner m mutual broadcasting system THE WORLDS LARGEST RADIO NETWORK Camelot Theatres WAYNESVILLE PLAZA CUNT Eastwood will TURN VOU 'Every Which Hut Loose9 C«l m«l MO! MC Ml MGMTC *f Mffvir) A MALPASO COMPANY FILM Distributed by WARNER BROS G SIXTH AND FINAL WEEK
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