2The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, February 18, 1992
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Government considers education standards
By Tata Duncan
Staff Writer
A congressionally appointed educa
tion council recently recommended that
the federal government create national
testing standards in five basic subjects
mathematics, science, English, his
tory and reading.
Members of the National Council on
Education Standards and Testing re
cently proposed government-regulated
testing standards that would gauge stu
dent performance in fundamental sub
jects. "The purpose of (nationalized) stan
dards is to help the country," said Emily
Wurtz, senior education associate for
NCEST. "Many feel that what kids get
in high school isn't good enough. Let's
find out what core ideas they need to
learn."
NCEST members also recommended
the formation of a permanent council to
oversee the creation of national testing
standards.
"There were 32 people representing
all walks of life, but they all agreed that
the standards were needed," Wurtz said.
"(Council members) asked experts what
would be, in an ideal world, a good way
to judge better progress. The experts
said it would be if the nation made
standards to test subjects."
The NCEST-recommended council
will be appointed once federal funding
is approved. Many of the nation's gov
ernors have pledged to support the pro-.
gram if federal lawmakers decide not to
sponsor the permanent council.
"The new council's job is not to
design the standards, but to look at what
other councils, such as the National
Council of Mathematics, have already
done," Wurtz said. "They will find out
what is being done, who is doing the
best job and then certify them."
All standards that are passed by
NCEST will then have to be certified by
the National Education Goals panel,
Wurtz said.
Wurtz said there were problems with
testing standards that must be solved. If
implemented, the guidelines must be
clearly defined, the tests must be fair
and accurate, and the standards must be
administered in a way that protects the
autonomy of local and state educators.
Gregory Anrig, president of the Edu
cational Testing Service, said he thought
national testing standards had more se
rious problems. ETS, based in Princeton,
N.J., administers the Standardized Ap
titude Test, Advanced Placement ex
ams in a variety of subjects and the
College Board Achievement Tests.
"It may seem strange that the head of
the country's largest test development
organization is opposed to a national
test," Anrig said. "Any test, by its very
nature, measures only a sample of
knowledge and skills."
Anrig said if standardized tests ex
isted for the major subjects, teachers
would ignore the less mainstream sub
jects of education, like geography, for
eign languages and fine arts.
Anthony Strickland, associate direc
tor of admissions at UNC, also was
wary of nationalized standards.
"One would have to be careful in
implementing such testing," he said.
"Standardized tests are useful in con
text, but only in conjunction with other
qualifications. National testing . . . would
have to be studied to see if it affects
performance."
Wurtz and other proponents of the
new council are waiting to see if it will
receive congressional legislation that
would provide it with a budget and a
staff. The Senate already has passed the
proposal, but members of the House of
Representatives have hearings sched
uled for Wednesday and Thursday.
"The House is being very thoughtful,
because it thinks it is a very serious
issue," Wurtz said.
Wurtz said that despite the problems
prevalent in any national testing pro
gram, the benefits would outweigh the
disadvantages.
' "The danger of not working on (na
tional standards) was greater than the
danger of closing our eyes," she said.
The idea of government-regulated
testing standards stems from a 1989
educational summit held at the Univer
sity of Virginia. At the summit, Presi
dent Bush and the nation's governors
agreed to set nationalized education
goals.
The governors also decided they
needed a way to determine each state's
performance once the nationalized stan
dards were in use.
New Hampshire gears up for presidential primary
From staff and wire reports
Democrat Paul Tsongas and Repub
lican Pat Buchanan, who have struggled
to be considered serious presidential
prospects, are holding their own in the
latest Gallup polling.
Today's New Hampshire primary
marks the first real test in the race for the
presidency.
Tsongas, a former Massachusetts
senator, led Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton
2- 1 among likely New Hampshire vot
ers in weekend Gallup polling and by a
3- 2 margin in several other tracking
polls.
Buchanan still trailed President Bush
by a nearly 2-1 margin.
Gallup's tracking poll for CNN and
USA Today over the weekend showed
Bush ahead 60-31, including those
"leaning" toward a candidate.
The recent Gallup poll placed
Tsongas at 40 percent, Clinton at 20
percent, Sens. Tom Harkin and Bob
Kerrey at 10 percent each and former
California Gov. Jerry Brown at 7 percent.
The proportion of those who said
they would write in the name of New
York Gov. Mario Cuomo stood at 6
percent, with 7 percent either for other
candidates or undecided.
The New Hampshire primary, the
first major political test of 1992, tradi
tionally has had a major impact on close
presidential races.
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bitterly.
"Actually, I was kind of worried. He
had a few girlfriends during that period,
and I was kind of worried she might
have it, too, and not know to do some
thing about it. I don't even have his
phone number."
Yuhasz has studied why people often
don't use birth control. "It's not in our
nature to believe bad things will happen
to us," she said.
"I think the woman who feels very
comfortable with her sexuality (uses
birth control). It's the woman who feels
frightened or guilt-ridden about being
active, or if they are forced or pressured
into sex they're the women that
aren't going to be prepared. Or if the
woman thinks she shouldn't be pre
pared, she'd be a loose woman it has
to be like the fairy tale, sweeping her
away.
Yuhasz explained that especially
young people, since they are not used to
sexual situations, practice denial. "I
think they feel invulnerable to all the
issues of pregnancy and STDs. They
wouldrathernotasktheirpartner, 'Have
you ever had ... ? Are you symptom
atic? Let me look at you.' They'd rather
have the lights off, a little music, a glass
of wine and fulfill their fantasy. No
body wants to think the person they
pick is going to bring them something
they don't want.
"If you don't want to take the trouble
to confront your partner, 'Do you have
other partners?' then you have to know
the risks. This is such a quiet subject."
Silence prevents many facts from
coming to light, including oral sex's
potential disease-carrying capacity.
"If you are a lesbian, you need to use
dental dams until you are sure." Patricia
said she and her lover used a condom
during oral sex until his tests came
back. "That's pretty weird. It's not that
bad, it's just weird.
"Since the AIDS epidemic has come
into the spotlight all the other STDs
have been forgotten, which causes a lot
of problems. They are serious."
Patricia also intends to be tested fur
ther. "I'm planning to go back to get an
AIDS test, because if my ex could give
me (chlamydia), he could give me any
thing," she said.
Yuhasz said many recovered STD
patients became more health conscious.
"I think over the last two years, I've
noticed more women totally abstaining,
dating longer an average of three
months (before having sex). The aver
age woman who's not had a scare may
not be making these changes.
"What people say they're planning
to do is they plan to be monogamous."
Patricia said, "Women are at the brunt
of it, because they get all the symptoms.
It's the woman's responsibility to make
sure she takes care of health the guy
is not always going to do it, believe me,
I know," she said wryly.
"Protect yourself, make sure your
partner, or partners, is clean, or if you'
don't, use some kind of protection. And
get regular pap smears.
"Once you insert a penis into your'
body, you are likely to get many sorts of
diseases, cancers and fun things to have"'
she said bitterly.
Yuhasz agreed that people did not
have to be promiscuous to catch vene-'
real diseases.
"Most people are at risk during inter
course. My rule of thumb is three
months' use of condoms with
spermicide, particularly spermicide
which kills STDs."
She said, "I think people want to
believe 'It's just not going to happen to
Campus Calendar
TUESDAY
7:15 a.m. AED. the pie-medical fraternity, holds
meetings every Tuesday in 224 Union.
NOON: Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center
will pay tribute to Alex Haley with the viewing of
"Roots" daily until 2 p.m. in the BCC.
Learning Skills Center will offer a workshop in
notetaking and memory skills in 104 Phillips Annex.
3:30 p.m. Basics for developing a resume for
internships will be held in 306 Hanes.
6p.m. Kraft will give a presentation at the Carolina
Inn. Sponsored by UCPPS.
American Chemical Society Student Affiliates
Club offers opportunities at the Chemistry Industry
Institute of Technology (in RTF) in 224 Venable.
Orientation: Area interest session for Ehringhaus
in the Green Room.
i:30 p.m. Orientation: Area interest session for
WhiteheaaVCarmichacI in Carmichael Ballroom.
Orientation: Area interest session for Spencer
Triad in Spencer Parlor.
7 p.m. Carolina Contact-Registration Committee
meeting in 205 Union.
UNC Undergraduate History Association wel
comes Joseph Saddell to speak on "Restraints in War
The ir Effects in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf" in 569
Hamilton.
Carolina Hispanic Association will meet in
Carmichael Ballroom.
7:30 p.m. Carolina Indian Circle will meet in the
Campus Y Lounge.
Self-Knowledge Symposium welcomes Thomas
Naylor of Duke University to speak on "The Search
for Meaning on the College Campus" in the Toy
Lounge in Dey.
8 p.m. a.p.p.l.e. Student Action Group will meet
in 208 Union.
UNC Young Democrats welcome District Attor
ney Carl Fox to speak in 226 Union.
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Corrections
In the Feb. 17 article, "Seniors
launch fund-raising drive for class
gift," Rebecca Smith, senior class
gift committee co-chairwoman, was
incorrectly identified. In addition,
James Parrish's position was incor
rect. He is director of the senior class
gift program.
The DTH regrets the errors.
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