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24% fc By STEPHEN DAVIS Gamecock Staff Writer Higher passing score requirenr drop in the number of USC stud Teachers Exam Leonard Maider Instruction in the College of Ed The results of the test taken in _ I 1 OAO ~ f 4AA ^ snuweu ouis uui ui tuu perMJiis iats passed the cut off score. Those since the State Board of Educa passing score on the test last yef teacher certification in South C, "MOST STUDENTS were not dard until they took the test," sj gotten little feedback one way < USC ranked fourth in percenta in the state. Bob Jones Universit per cent passing, Furman, seconi and Clemson third, with 80 per Maiden said the education de ranks on a par with other stateand Bob Jones have education they each have very very higl Maiden said. THE TEACHING exam was < South Carolina Teaching Associ not a fair gauge of a person's U South Carolina District Court ru teachers. The court based its decision ducted during spring 1976. Th< tatives of all colleges in Soi training programs. The rep whether students in their progri material in their coursework material is important for teac THE STUDY concluded the South Carolina teacher training different cutoff scores for differ higher than others. "It is hard to predict on per: range on the common part of use sti in auto i Thomas James (Jimm T Auric! T* Ol /\f cot TT*I 1 ri uvnio tn ., ui imi r uuey rv Rock Hill, S.C., died June 18, the result of a one-car i cident. The accident occurr on the 1-72 by-pass. He was the son of Mrs. Sy B. Lewis and the late Thorn J. Lewis, Sr. Mr. Lewis was a senior at t University of South Carolir The GAMECOCK it the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published twice weekly on Monday and Thursday during the fall and spring semesters and once weekly on Thursday during both summer termi with the exceptions of four times in August and on University of Soutti Carolina holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors and not those 01 the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina Is ar equal opportunity institution. Change of address forms, subscrlptlor requests and other correspondent should be sent to The Gamecock Drawer A, USC, Columbia, SC., 2*201 Subscription rates are $4 per semestei and $2 for the summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia S.C. ail Nal ients caused a substantial lents passing the National 1, Head of Curriculum and ucation, said. i November and February ;ing the exam, 76 per cent, tests were the first given ition raised the minimum jr. The test is required for arolina. aware of the higher stanaid Maiden. "So far we've )r another." ge passing among colleges ;y was ranked first with 94 1 with QO npr ppnt nn?sin0 cent passing. jpartment at USC probably supported schools. Fur man as major departments and i admission requirements, challenged last year by the ation, which charged it was caching ability. However, a led the exam a valid test for on a validation study coni study included represenlth Carolina with teacher ?resentatives were asked ims have the examination's and if the examination's tiers to Know examination was valid for ; programs and determined ent areas of teaching, some sons who score in the mid the exam," Maiden said. ident dies accident y) majoring in law enfor< d., He was a member of th as Phi Alpha fraternity ic- resident of Maxcy dor ed i_? as I "Antonioni' he la, ' I ' vcyMARK Pf PlOE Scee ;ji ' D"<tf<)o, MlCHllANGfl : IPG] O TONIGHT % 6:30 and 9:00 ional T< "However, for the person who scores lc questions should be raised as to their te Tho ovam ic ?liV VAUIII IP U1VIUVU 1UVU V.YWJ pai 19. tests for general knowledge, and the j on the particular field the person plar fields require higher or lower scores specialists or librarians requires a s< student preparing to teach agriculture 940 to pass. Scoring of the exam is doi centile range. Most areas had a 25 per if a person failed he scored lower than persons taking the exam in that are* "LITTLE ANALYSIS has been done far," Maiden said, "I can say thoug either passed with high scores or they scores. * Maiden said he thinks at least 90 per taking the exam would have passed th< 1976, about the seventh per centile. T1 between 20th and 25th percentile, dep? area part of the exam. > TU/? ? ?_ _ r A iic vxamtsvzixJK IS IOC thought but should n taken internally. cement. e Alpha and a 1 mitory. o dofflinn MAIM IIIHM o uac&iiiin HOW mill ?Vincent Canby, Hetro-ColdwyrrMayer N.Y. Time* presents ^^_____ Maria Schneider Vntonioni's V VJ ^Rissenger" -Jm , r>y '/ARK PEPlOE P? TfR WOlllN . ? MlCHEl ANGtlO ANION 0 ANTONIOM CARLO PONll vfiRiX0i0? WOW nsletud thru FILMS INCORPORATED RUSSELL HOUSE THEATRE Admission $1.00 with US& I.I). < iachei Maidei not nec without IN AR percent* educatic ?llBFw Maiden gVf measur educati* per cent V State Co y students persons biology i with 92 i took the educatio had 36 o five out ( >w, chances are some ... __ aching ability." ,, , usually 1 m .. a field v a tic cuiuiiiuii secuon rnarket subject area is based wanted | ?s to teach. Different manv I. Passing for media many a core of 1176, while a Math , needs only a score of than En ne on a national percentile, which means the 75 per cent of the Fe of the USC scores so ^ h that USC students failed with very low In] carri< cent of USC students mpn i cutoff mark used in . lis year's cutoff was ending on the special weigr pounc >d for jSmKr j l ot be Rggfl H I HMHHFJJ HdHnnHH^T IONI s Exoit n added that USC students taking essarily education majors, that education training also took the < EAS where few students took the ige passed. 23 persons took th >n and 22, or 99 per cent, passed. O: k the exam in elementary educat controversy over the passing scor< said. "I feel the public will demanc ing the quality of the teacher' 3n standards are raised in this sta minantly black colleges in the stat students passing the cut off scores liege had 10 percent passing, Perce varied among different teaching i in early childhood education, 78 ] ind general science had 12 persons i^l LVIIl ^0001115, 111 Alfllgliail cuuvc exam and 89 per cent passed. I ?n, 34 out of 48 persons passed, ph ut of 47 pass the exam and specie )f six persons taking the exam pass EN SAID most graduates who set :ind them if they are persistent bee /here persons are constantly in ar ne saia me Diggesi pro Diem W? :o stay in the Columbia areu and tt mailable teaching jobs in the city. and science teachers are more ir glish and social studies, Maiden j >ats of Stre 1793, Gustave Rehard, of Ly ?d for 20 fefit a hilliarH taKlo dueled with knives. L895, Josephine Blatt lifted it ever hoisted by a won Is. 1 the exam were some students ;xam. exam a higher e exam in art f the 102 persons ion, 62 per cent 5 will continue," 1 some device for ' at least until ite, Maiden said. e had the lowest . South Carolina ntage of passing areas . Of the 90 jer cent passed; taking the exam ition, 28 persons n social studies ysical education il education had ;k teaching jobs a use teaching is id out of the job is most persons lere are not that i demand today said. ingth ons. France. on which two the greatest lan ? 3,564