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IN THE LEAD ? The powerlifters maintain ed a clear lead in the three minute SO yard race. Karl York, North Carolina's first woman powerlifter who's ranked fourth in the nation, stood atop the house to count cadence and cheer the team on. I SUE TOMBERLIN (center) and other M&rs Hill cheerleaders watch as their team maneuvers the house into place at the star ting line. Hendon j Seeks End! To CETA | 'Incentive' \ Program ] WASHINGTON - After con- j ferring with North Carolina of- I ficials. Western North j Carolina Congressman Bill j Hendon has called on Labor | Secretary Raymond J. } Donovan to exempt the State ( of North Carolina from a re quirement that it pay students to attend school. Hendon said in a letter to Secretary Donovan that, "It is unbelievably bad public policy to pay students to attend school? and I am concerned that such payments may ac tually be an incentive for more students to drop out of their ngular school program/1 The ftt-a-week payments, to student dropouts eligible on ly if they are from families who already receive public ~ a? iatanrr, are required under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) North Carolina has no* previously made the payments, but when the state Don't Forget To Order Your Poinsettias For Christmas Gift Giving I Compared With Last Year's Results I fewer Madison Students ? ass cy Tests ? Results from October's high school slightly shove the state level and below the regional level on both reading and math portions in According to Dr. Bobby Jean Rice, supervisor of county schools, 91.7 per cent of 906 Juniors taking the test for the first time passed the reading test, and 80.7 percent of 304 Juniors passed the math test. The local figures a year ago were 94 percent for reading and 92 percent for mathematics. This year's figures for the state show ed 91.9 percent passing reading and 89.4 percent passing mathematics. Figures for last year were 92.S for reading and 89.4 for mathematics. Regional results, based on 20 counties in Western North Carolina, showed 94.3 percent passed reading and 91.3 per cent passed mathematics for this year. Last year 96.0 percent passed reading and 91.2 percent passed mathematics. Dr. Rice and 14 seniors who had not taken the test before, or who failed last year, were alao given the tests Of the combined BO students (Juniors and seniors). 91.3 percent passed reading ?mi 88.1 percent passed mathematics . She said seven Juniors made perfect scores on the reading test and 90 students missed only two questions. No Juniors made perfect scores on the math test, but 14 missed only one or two questions. Each portion of the competency ex am has 190 questions with a M percent score required to pass the math section and a 73 percent score necessary to pass the reading section. A high school student is required to pass the test, which quizzes students on basic use skills of knowledge they have learned and how to apply that knowledge in common sense situations before they can receive a diploma. The test identifies students who need additional help in mastering basic skills and shows specific areas where students need help ? such as fractions or interpreting charts. The test is also used in designing an individual remediation program for students The test will be given again in April for those students who did Dot pen, Dr Rice said. Remediation, to help the students catch up, will be provided until the spring test is given. And remediation efforts may start with younger students next year. The state Board of Education has recom mended giving the tests to 10th graders so schools will have a longer time for remediation, according to Tom I. Davis, assistant to the state superinten dent of public instruction. Davis said implementation of testing at the 10th grade level will depend on the legislature amending the original competency testing bill and ap propriating some <300,000 for the pro ject. Dr. Rice said parents of each student have received an extensive test report on their child's competencies, and that if they have any questions they may contact her at the board of education of fice. Teachers Await TOY Selection In just a few weeks, the eight regional finalists com peting for the 1962-83 North Carolina Teacher of the Year (TOY) will be named. The nominees will be selected by mid-January from com petitors representing most of the local school systems. A screening committee in each of the eight regional education centers is now in the process of interviewing local winners and evaluating notebooks. Once the regional finalists are named, a selec tion committee appointed by the Office of the State Superintendent of Public In struction will review their scrapbooks, interview them, and recommend the three top state finalists. An observation team will then visit the finalists at their schools to determine the winner. o The 1962-83 TOY will be presented to the State Board at its April meeting. The teacher selected will have no classroom duties during the year's reign and will be entered in national competi tion. Since 1970, when North Carolina first participated in the teacher of the year pro gram, the state has produced four national finalists and two national winners. The national event is jointly sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Good Housekeeping magazine. The present teacher of the year is Dr. Penny Smith, a humanities teacher at Asheboro High School, who began her term July 1. Mail Orders Should Be Sent With Payment To THE NEWS-RECORD, P.O Box 369, Marshall. N.C. 18753 All Advertising Payable In Advance Commercial Classified Rates Upon Request.
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