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Show H U Th Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, August 4 16, 1J73 Meet at Snowbird wi Granite Aides Mull School Test Data Continued From Page B t and other factors affecting the students education. While the two Granite officials stopped short of saying that the release of student test scores will be a fact of bfe in Utah's largest school district, they made it clear they were Inviting widespread discussion of the possibility. Trend Toward Release Nationally, there has been some trend toward releasing school test results, and in recent years such states as California, Michigan, Oklahoma and Colorado have adopted school accountability laws that mandate scores. that the schools publish test proposal for a similar law calling on the state school office to implement a standardized test on a statewide basis and publish the results was introduced m the 1973 session of the Utah Legislature. A It gained Senate approval, but was killed in the House of Representatives. Many teacher organizations have long fought the use of standardized tests and release of the results. They have based their opposition on the arguments that standardized tests are limited in scope and fail to reflect such things as pupil background, the supplies and facilities Plan Eyes Hike in Beef Output CsaAPPivr rB ratios and other available, factors that are considered contnbuting factors to test results. pupil-teach- Utah can beef up the value of its overall cattle production by 10 percent, the state commissioner of agriculture said Wednesday. QlP EjlOUCf) Must Define Objectives Dr. Hutchinson built his case for testing with the statement that Accountability cannot be left to chance. He said that if students and educa'ors are to be accountable, objectives must be stated and a device for measuring accomplishment provided. Successful completion of test items demonstrates mastery of an objective; successful mastery of all objectives related to a goal demonstrates accomplishment of that goal, he said. Joseph GdiNG ' .. I "T Francis, citing-studie- for his department by the Four Corners Regional Commission and the Utah Extension State University Services, said Utah cattlemen can augment their profits by increasing their livestock feed- rRAf&k?jT, ; H. . ing operations. Most cattle are shipped from Utah to feed lots in Colorado, Idaho and Arizona when they reach 300 to 400 pounds at 8 months old. The cattle are then proc feeding opessed m a opereration. At the warm-uation the cattle receive a two-ste- p p lower-cos- t, Before slaughter, the cattle go through a finishing where they are feed. operation scientifically fed until they reach 1,200 pounds, and then are sent to the packer. Mr. Francis thinks Utah can increase its overall beef production by concentrating warm-uexpansion of the erations. p on op- We are primarily a grass state, and we dont have the gram to finish out the cattle we produce, he said. By expanding the warm-uoperation m Utah, the mdus-trcan better utilize its farm acreage and its open rane lands, he said. y Although he said no particuis best for warm-uoperations, the southern part of the state is sometimes because it offers better winter feeding. lar area The warm-uproduction would give the fanner a larger income from smaller herds, the commissioner continued! Instead of selling his cattle at 400 pounds, the producer would get a higher pme from cattle sold at 750 pound-p , Satellite to Provide Utahns Schooling A communications satellite orbiting 22,300 miles above the earth will provide education opportunities in seven Utah cities during the 1974-7- 5 school year. Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction Walter D. Talbot said Wednesday morning the rites win all be at junior high schools. They are: San Juan, Blanding; Enterprise, Washington County; Morgan, Morgan County; South Cache, Cache County; Kanab, Kane County, and Garfield County. They will servr about 1,000 Utah students, ne said. Pan-guitc- The project under the direction of the Educational Technology Demonstration in conjunction with the Federation of Rocky Mountain States, will get under way Inc. when the satellite is launched April 15, 1974 from Cape Kennedy, Fla. Previously Unavailable The satellite will provide communication and instruction to give those students a chance to receive and ask for Moss Asks Research For Shale The nations future energy needs are so large that conventional domestic oil and gas supplies must be supplemented by synthetic fuels derived from oil shale and other convertible fossil fuel sources such as coal within the next decade. Sen. Frank E. Moss said Wednesday. information which previously had not been available, Dr. Gordon A. Law, project director from Denver, said. Total funds for the project will amount to approximately $193.6 million, Dr. Law stated, and $10 6 million of that comes from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, while the remainder is being funded through the National Space and Aeronautics Administration. Dr. Law stressed that the which will serve Support for legislation seek- satellite the eight intermountain states ing federal research and development funds was urged in (Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Coloprepared remarks before the rado, Nevada, Wyoming, Ariluncheon of the zona and Montana) wont meeting Bonneville Kiwams Club in the be used exclusively for educaHotel New house. Coal in Utah underUes tional 18 percent of the state. Its high UTU, low sulphur content makes it an attractive fuel which could meet environmental emission standards, the senator said. Dismayed by Nixon Sen. Moss said he is smayed" di- that President Nixons energy message of June 29, which proposed $100 million for energy research, made no provision for oil shale. The senator said he would seek an allocation through legislation. It would be extremely helpful to the oil shale industry in Utah if the Department of Interior would get off its duff and complete the exchange of applications for oil shale lands, Sen. Moss said. Utah has been patient in awaiting this exchange with 91 applications covering 57,000 acres pending since 1965, he added. Such a delay and procrastination on the part of the federal government is unconscionable," he said. DoaT Hide He said that for persons to scoff at the energy crisis would be to to hide from reality. Current projections are that by 1980 imports of oil supplies will account for as f of U.S. conmuch as sumption, he explained. one-hal- We can argue for weeks as to the cause of the energy crisis, Sen. Moss said. Such action at this place in time is a futility. I dont here attempt to gloss over the faults of industry, the Congress, the administration or the environmentalists all of whom must share responsibility for the present state of affairs. - The facts are that we have grossly underestimated our growing needs for oil and overestimated the potential and present capability of other sources of energy. We have placed stringent controls where the subsequent consedominoed, quences have resulting in acute supply and demand problems, Sen. Moss said. TV, Stereo Taken Gene Hansen, 467 1st Ave., told police that he arrived home to find that someone had broken the glass on the rear (too r of his house with a pipe from his yard, entered and taken a television and stereo from his living room. The loss totals $341 He communications. several experiments would be carried out at the same time. But mainly the space craft will be used to instruct those persons in rural areas of the mtermountain states on many subjects which havent been available to them before. said Plus 1.81 fed. tax. Reg. B73-1- 3 3 Main Categories Law said there are three main categories of instruction the programmers will be preparing material for. The generalized categories Plus Fed! Tax 24.95 25.95 26.95 29.95 32.95 34.95 25.95 33.95 35.95 career and decision opportunities making. Each of the categories, he will be broken explained, down and adapted to suit individual community needs. For example, he continued, job opportunities for students in southern Utah areas will differ from those offered for students in Challis, Idaho. The programs will be both live and taped, the director said, and will originate from the organizations Denver of- fices. Dr. Arthur Bishop, head of the project in Utah, comWe will be mented that working hard to insure that the program meets the specific needs of those who will be receiving it. Dr. Bishop said it is hoped the program will also educate teachers in the same areas. Not Regular Type Although the topics are not the regular type of school instruction, Dr. Bishop said, they are designed to help those students who otherwise wouldnt receive information on such subjects. Many of the students will be hearing things about themselves, their comand munity opportunities available to them that they have never heard about before, Dr. Bishop said. Defending the funds spent on the project, Greg Pearson, director of public information for the groups. 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