31.   Before he came, students did about four projects a year, mostly sponsoring walkathons or collecting toys for tots.

32.   Black students have traditionally done poorly on the SAT, which has been called culturally biased.

33.   A few minority rights advocates worry about reliance on standardized tests because black and Hispanic students historically do less well on them.

34.   A college freshman, Matthew Fusfield, who graduated from Cherry Hill High School East in June, agrees that students do better with computers at home.

35.   A major function of the FCAT is to measure how a student is doing in relation to the standards, rather than to other students.

36.   A white student, Geoffrey Buescher, who is also in the class, said he did not respond as viscerally as did black students like Faulk.

37.   Affirmative-action medical students do just as well as others.

38.   All other students do.

39.   All the artwork is done by students.

40.   Bush supporters counter by pointing out that the rising scores on state and national achievement tests are proof that Texas students are doing better than ever.