1.   A gorwing number of states are using statewide exams to determine whether students can be promoted to the next grade or graduate.

2.   Hostos, which is part of the university, had stopped using the exam last year.

3.   Prosecutors used the exam in the murder case to rebut claims that he was mentally retarded.

4.   That prior abuse, prosecutors acknowledge, made it impossible to use medical exams as evidence in the sex-abuse trials.

5.   The exams have been used for years to determine how prepared high school students are for college and to award state-financed merit scholarships.

6.   The Regents exams have been used for years to determine how prepared high school students are for college and to award state-financed merit scholarships.

7.   The report concluded that no one manager disproportionately used the exams, and no particular group was targeted.

8.   In a letter to faculty members, he suggested professors use final exams that could be graded quickly.