1 ' 1 1 - 1 ■ • - - Wednesday September 4,1985Arhe Battalion/Page 17 • I - 1 ]J: (continued from page 1) alleged ex[Mj en t 0 f Association of Texas \ <,u rapi® ro c ess j ona | Educators. The first test is scheduled for Oc- . , ober. Officials already are predict- di!/ine« M n S 25 P crcent of 11111 graders will au, the Austin American-Statesman feported. Higher failure rates are xpected for blacks and Hispanics, he newspaper said. Students who fail can take the test ih« mot. W 1 ^ more during their junior c ei ,nd senior years. The difficulty of the state's first lasic skills test is not questioned. “It’s an easy test. I don’t deny hat," said Jon Brumley, chairman of ems started said, ind dizziness day, Landi outside in ttorney ft eral courts the matte >roven thai ntrol over attorney ence of rail s the t the ol)j lesponsibj ty to warn | the State Board of Education. “The statistics tell us 25 percent of the children are going to fail an easy test, but we have to start some where.” Grading standards will stiffen during the next two years, but Brumley said the state board felt compassion for the students taking the test first. “To expect instant reform is not fair to children caught up in it. You’ve got to ask yourself, ‘If half the children fail, is that the chil dren’s fault or the state’s fault?’ ” Field tests indicate 84 percent of white students, 48 percent of blacks, and 66 percent of Hispanics will pass the math test in October. The lan guage arts portion is expected to be passed by 84 percent of whites, 55 percent of blacks, and 64 percent of Hispanics, according to projections. Kirby predicts a significant turn around in the failure rate by May be cause of remedial work by the schools. Brumley said the pressure will be on the individual schools to raise their passing rates. “In a city like Fort Worth, people believe a public education is a public education. That’s not true,” said Brumley, a Fort Worth resident. “Some schools are better than oth ers, and I think the schools, in effect, are taking the tests.” T eachers and administrators also must take a competency test, and that is being challenged in court. Some teachers see the test as an in sult and an infringement on their lifetime teaching certificates. Kirby acknowledges that educator morale is at an all-time low, but said, “I have trouble understanding it.” He noted that the Legislature this year gave teachers duty-free lunch and a 45-minute planning period in additi9n to last year’s pay raises and career ladder bonuses. “Working conditions have im proved, said Kirby, although the teacher test and a paperwork bur den remain the top complaints of educators. Parking (continued from page 1) “People are parking in fire zones Ind handicapped spaces, but it is es sential that we keep these spaces Ipen, Wiatt said. “And many of |those 100 vehicles are being taken Jrom faculty lots. “It is essential that students stay |m of faculty lots. If they don’t, they "keep getting ticketed and towed and that just makes things bad for everyone.” Students legally can park in fac ulty lots after 4 p.m. and before 6:30 a.rn., he said. But many are parking there between 6:30 a m. and 4 p.m. "Although no (cars parked in) stu dent lots are being ticketed this week, they will be ticketed next week," Wiatt said. “Tickets have been falling like snowflakes in fac ulty lots this week though.” The basic parking problems are the same as they always have been, he said. People want to park right next to where they are going. “Parking area 71, near the Meat Science Center, has 500 new parking spaces but most of them remain empty because nobody wants to park there,” Wiatt said. “They can take an air-conditioned shuttle bus from that lot to other campus locations. “We are also trying to get people to use parking area 63 behind Olsen Field. Plenty of parking spaces are available there and the shuttle bus also runs from there.” ON THE SIDE OF TEXAS A&M HELP! Rudder Theatre Complex Needs Student Workers For Stagehand and Spotlight Work. To Apply Come To: Rudder Auditorium Mon. Sept. 9 7 p.m COME SICH UP! Welcome Back! Jewish Students, from Hillel. First Service — Friday, Sept. 6, 8:00 p.m WI5TIW FfU0W» ©DR. PEPPER, DR, PEPPER, and BE A PEPPER are registered trademarks of Dr. Pepper Company, Dallas, Texas, 1082 New Date for Ice Cream/ Vollyball Sept. 10, 5-8 leo for e banam Mr. invited, TWO LOCATIONS BRYAN COLLEGE STATIONT E. 29th St. Southwest Parkway (Acrosa from Bryan Hlqh) (Next to Pollcan’s Wharf) offer valid through Sept. 8,1985 at participating Bryan A College Station Arby’s Not valid with any other offer. Please stop by or call office with a new address 696-7313 Office 800 Jersey 764-8402 Rabbi Peter Tarlo Exciting! Fulfilling! Challenging! 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