1.   Average test scores have fallen in recent years.

2.   But others were despondent, saying that their October scores had fallen below scores on earlier tests.

3.   But when his ACT scores initially fell short of the required minimum, the Bruins backed off.

4.   Citizenship scores fell slightly, while reading scores remained about the same as last year.

5.   Horn said grades offer the best prediction of college performance, but test scores fall closely behind.

6.   If the average score of the average NFL game was falling, the committee would react to it.

7.   In Boston, the Renaissance Charter School, where test scores have fallen, has politely severed its relationship with Edison three years early.

8.   It gives states or localities unprecedented flexibility with some federal money, provided test scores do not fall short three years in a row.

9.   Stevens said he has no idea why those scores fell.

10.   That would threaten property values, they said, since test scores would fall and fewer families would move into town.