[mtbopfuyn]

The talking heads on the radio were discussing the lower percent of minorities to whites who passed. Their conclusion was to blame the whites and the test was obviously biased.

[zerosix]

Yeah, the whites cheated - they have obviously spent some time studying the subjects on which they were tested.

[2banana]

Among the state’s major ethnic groups, the passing rates on all tests taken for the exit exam are 58 percent for African Americans, 61 percent for Hispanics and 83 percent for whites. Those are gains of 25 points for African Americans, 23 points for Hispanics and 24 points for white students.

Hey - Discrimination! Blacks were more improved than Hispanics or Whites. We need to call the EEOC!

[4mycountry]

Ninety-four percent of the state’s third-grade students who took the English or Spanish version

Excuse me? Spanish version? Last I checked, English was the language of N. America. If you can't read English, learn to and take the correct version.

[jwalsh07]

Blame Bush for the rising scores across the board. His mean spirited plan to raise accountability and measure results is clearly at fault.

[Talking_Mouse]

AUSTIN – Showing a dramatic improvement in performance, 72 percent of Texas’ high school juniors met the higher standards set by the state and passed all tests taken on the exit-level Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) this spring.

  Last year, only 49 percent of the juniors passed all tests taken. 

Ninth Grade: Eighty-four percent of the students passed the reading test, a nine-point increase over the percentage who reached this standard in 2003.

I blame Bush for this

[Timocrat]

Well what do you know. Accountability works. I too blame Bush for this - mean spirited giving these kids a chance to make something of themselves.

[Oatka]

You can contact the TEA at: studenta@tea.state.tx.us and ask them why the tests are in Spanish, especially in the formative years when the brain is more open to training.