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Show APRIL 11, 2001 COUNTY COURIER naan But we Utah 10th Graders Take Skills Test, Results Won’t Count nA SA an tc a eA a WASATCH Must pass test eventually to receive a diploma Monday and said she wouldn’t want to — take the test to get a diploma. ~ “Y'd be scared. I wouldn’t be able to do the whole thing,” said Henline, who is intimidated by tests. Henline said in my head and it was hard,” she said. West Jordan High counselor Lawrence Green said some students thought the test was too easy and others felt it shouldn’t affect graduation. “The majority of kids will handle it fine,” he predicts. “It doesn’t matter what kind of test you do, there’s always going to be a portion of the students who will struggle.” The state will not release the results of this week’s test to the public, since officials are testing the test, said Barbara Lawrence, testing coordinator for the state Office of Education. because too Lawrence said. However, students will be able to retake any parics of the test twice a. Lawrence said Utah’s test is differ. ent from those used elsewhere. While yeu. other states measure what is taught in ; The state Office of Education has — oranesed there be an alternative way for high school students to demonstrate they have mastered the skills covered in the test, but it has yet to devise that option. : The alternative test could be given high school, Utah tests. basic skills that should have been taught by middle school. To pass the fest Utah students _ must be able to read a passage, determine the main idea and predict what happens next; write and revise short ae everything have had to scale them back or delay their implementation many students failed. ‘ but beginning next year the tests will be for real. Students will start taking the tec in the 10th grade and they will to have to pass them, eventually, to receive a diploma. The tests measure basic skills that students should have mastered in middle school. 3 Chelsea Henline, a student at Alta High in Sandy, took the math portion -n’t use scratch paper. I had to do There is no state plan to help students who. fail the test. Individual school districts will have to decide on > their own remediation _ plans, to students with disabilities or those who essays; find capitalization and punctuation errors; add, subtract, multiply, divide without a calculator; solve algebraic equations; and compute volume --and surface area with a calculator. do not speak, read or write English well, Lawrence said. Students who meet certain criteria may also take modified versions of the 3 ae ’ n S Soctee “T couldn’t use a calculator. I couldfor them, About half of the states in the nation have or plan to adopt competencybased graduation tests, but several ee of a practice basic’ skills test this week. The results won’t count she learned the algebra ne ON taking portions she knows concepts in middle school, but couldn’t remember how to do all of them. . “SAIT. LAKE CITY (AP)—About - 35,000 Utah 10th grade students are UVSC Moves Toward University Status | OREM, Utah (AP) —Utah Valley. State College may be on the way to becoming a full-scale university, according to a vision statement recent- ly released by school officials. | offer graduate programs until 2005. carefully review any proposals that munity needs for graduate courses | And UVSC’s own growth blueprint would change UVSC’s mission and and degrees as a men eee es univer- from 1998 says the school’s current thus affect all other Utah-schools. Sity. oe role should be adequate until 2020. “The regents would not do that Brad Winn, UVSC’s vice president David Buhler, an associate commis- © lightly. They, are very deliberate,” es said. for planning and student services, said sioner of Utah’s System Higher time when it will also respond to com-- ‘ _ The Orem. school has _ already grown from a small community col- - administrators are now considering » lege to an accredited state school with the proposal, which may go to trustees _ 21 four-year degrees. The college . for approval this summer. “The bottom line is that we think plans to add nine more four-year degrees by 2003, raise tuition to match -Weber State University’s and bring professor salaries closer to the university level. “UVSC is committed to maintaining the responsiveness and flexibility of its historic mission while becoming a highly respected state college offering a comprehensive range of baccalaureate degrees and programs,” the state- ment reads. “UVSC anticipates the there will come a time to respond to the demand for master’s level education,” Winn said. 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