51.   A number of studies have indicated that standardized tests discriminate against minorities and those from disadvantaged economic backgrounds.

52.   A recording of those remarks shows that Lawrence was trying to say that standardized tests should not be used to deny minority students higher educations.

53.   A standardized national test must not come with strings.

54.   Advocates answer that students in the Hawaiian program score slightly higher in standardized tests than native Hawaiian students from English-language schools.

55.   Addressing test scores, the NCAA consultants suggested a number of formulas that would give equal weight to grade point averages in core curriculum courses and to standardized tests.

56.   All of the schools reported they were using standardized tests to assess achievement and most were also using other measures such as oral presentations by students.

57.   Bush also wants money to pay for the remedial courses for children who fail the state standardized test.

58.   But a House committee has already passed a bill delaying that law in order to give students extra time to adjust to the new, tougher statewide standardized test.

59.   Bush has often boasted about the accountability standards he oversees as Texas governor that have raised standardized test scores among minority students in the state.

60.   Bush is a big fan of standardized state tests.