1.   I have played for higher scores than I need.

2.   The higher APACHE II scores of patients in the second ICU indicate that the patients were more severely ill, as confirmed by the higher mortality rate.

3.   Although women tend to get higher grades in college, men still get higher SAT scores.

4.   And Kaplan learned that students had been memorizing questions and giving them to friends, or using them to retake the test and get a higher score.

5.   Applicants for elite public schools like the University of Michigan come equipped with ever higher SAT scores and higher grade-point averages.

6.   Better lessons may not yield much higher scores on tests of historical recall.

7.   A higher SAT score is required of students with lower grades.

8.   Affluent states outperformed less-prosperous ones and traditionally strong regions like the Northeast had higher scores than traditionally weaker ones, like the Southeast.

9.   But Clinton got higher scores than Bush is getting now on the environment and health care.

10.   But Haney, the Boston College professor who researched the Texas tests, concludes that the higher scores have come partly because Texas has greatly underestimated its dropout rate.