11.   On new Missouri tests given last spring, the number of students scoring at proficient or advanced levels continued to be dismally low.

12.   One out of five city students scored in the bottom level of a new state fourth-grade reading test, meaning that they could barely read or write.

13.   On education, Bush stressed his plan to have students tested annually and to hold the public schools accountable if the students did not score well.

14.   Smith admits that his students are still scoring below average on standardized tests but notes that they are making improvements.

15.   Students scored higher when their test-taking was done in the same room they where first learned the material.

16.   The NFL high-school students also scored higher than those at nearby South Mountain High School in everything but reading.

17.   The students at Pappas score dismally on standardized tests, ranking among the lowest in the state.

18.   The tests are designed so that across the country, half the students should score at or above grade level and half below.

19.   They would have been disappointed if students had scored very well.

20.   Those educators whose students scored poorly faced the loss of their jobs.