European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday september 23, 1978 Pupil testing overseas teachers group feels new plan should touch All grades not Only top two by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington is the Oversea education association sea is concerned about the department of defense dependents schools system s Dodds plans to reorganize and switch to competency based testing Cut of students. Hal Mosher sea president said Cut usually Means that High school student must pass a competency test As a require ment to graduate. Cut is becoming growing practice in Many of the states and Many have had problems with testing by failing to recognize that the process involves More than just administering a exam. To identify Lith and 12th Grade Stu dents As being deficient and then to deny them a diploma punishes the kids without getting at the reasons for their failure. The tests would have to be developed for al grades in our schools in order to identify learning problems experienced by children at the earliest possible time so that these deficiencies could be corrected then. A variety of remedial programs would necessarily have to be added to the school curriculum. If parents students and teachers Are not fully informed As the Cut program which must consist of More than just a test develops it will be misunderstood misapplied and abused and the unfortunate victims will be the  he said the sea wants to assure that the reorganization of Dodds will be balanced by improvements in the education pro Gram. Mosher added we Are monitoring the reorganization closely to assure that the result will be decentralization of serv ices leading to an increased responsive Ness to our local communities the original school lunch Bill an amendment to the elementary and secon Dary education act for 1978 sponsored by rep. John n. Erlenborn r.-i11., and  h. Dent d.-pa., has undergone considerable changes due to the efforts of the sea working with staff members of the congressional sponsors said Mosher. The Bill if it makes its Way through the conference committee in its present form will require that Dodds schools have Spe Cial programs to meet the needs of the handicapped students needing compensatory education students interested in vocation al education gifted and talented students and individuals of limited English speak ing ability he said. Sea looks Forward to the inclusion of these five programs but is very concerned that Money be provided for them and also for giving teachers the special training they will need to effectively teach these programs. For example a Law was recently passed in the states that protects the rights of handicapped students in getting the Best possible education. In implementing the Law school systems in the states Are receiving Large Federal and state Grants for them to provide programs and also to pro vide training for teachers to work with handicapped children. In our system teachers Are being expected to implement the program for the handicapped but no extra funds have been provided for this implementation. To Date there Are almost no special facilities in the schools for extra training for our teachers who will be working with these Handi capped children. As a result the teachers Are carrying the Burden As Best they can without the assistance and support they so  y the Wisconsin native discussed his views this past week while Here on Busi Ness. He is a teacher at Augsburg Ger Many and represents 7,000 sea member working for Dodds. New concept working Well . Guardsmen flying support in Norway by Jim Coles Iii staff write Trygge Norway is this has been the easiest exercise i be Ever been on said col. Justin l. Barrow. And that s36 years of experience talking. He was describing annual training Forsooth Dakota s air National guard a two week deployment to Europe s northernmost areas. We flew non Stop from our base an were refuelled four times in flight. That was the beginning of the newness of teething said Barrow commander of the in Thiac fighter group. The guardsmen flew 18 a-7d Corsair ii fighter planes 350 persons and 50 tons of equipment Here from their Sioux Falls,., base to provide Aerial support for half a dozen nato and National exercises. We brought All the necessary tools and equipment to support the group for 30days," he said. It s a test of the new deployment concept and it s working out very Well. Under this policy we can be deployed anywhere in the world and be full operational on a self sustaining  Berger who flew the Lead plane on the trans Atlantic crossing said pilots an planes Are working nearly every Day. My pilots have gotten a variety of flying experiences that they could never get at Home. It has been Good for us come Here and do this kind of flying and mixing with nato forces he said. We re flying close air support interdiction missions air defense maritime attack and sea surveillance  re programmed for about 300 sorties during our stay the colonel said. That works out to about 30 missions a Day an Many times other missions will come up that we can go on. We will have acquire about 1,000 flying hours in the two weeks  it. Col. John Kittelson group Public affairs officer said pilots have gotten live fire experience with the group s recently acquired a-7s and done a number of things that we just can t do under  Berger said the exercises have put unusual demands on the equipment and men but that things Are going smoothly. The Only problems we be had Here Are Pope tells . Bishops of his opposition to divorce Vatican City a Pope John Paul i in an address to american Bishops expressed his firm opposition to divorce and told them it was a difficult but important subject to raise. The pontiff also praised priests who work to keep marriages from breaking up. The kinds americans generate themselves and they were very minor. Everyone seems to be holding up Well under the heavy Load and the air planes Are working beautifully he  added that work loads have been Dou bled up in some cases so troops can take time off to spend with relatives go on specially arranged Tours and just relax Inthis Beautiful  these exercises have been super for our morale. We would like to have this Norway for our regular deployment base but probably won t be Able to Berger said. The unit s last deployment in 1976, Wasto Aviano Italy. But the exercise there was cancelled after a severe earthquake the guardsmen then demonstrated their other Mission disaster Relief As they aided in repair and Rescue operations. They learn How their partners work Trygge Norway is it s not just fighter pilots gis and marines who have to learn How their nato partners operate incas the world splits in a War with East against West. Many members of South Dakota s air National guard which flew Here to Aid in Maneu vers on nato s Northern flank la bored away from the flight line. I m working with the base dentist. He Svery Good said . Deb o Hara of Sioux Falls . Some areas in the Hospi Tal Are a Little different from ours but mostly i m doing what i usually do. The major differences Are that Theydon t have As much equipment and they use some drugs and medicines that Wedon t have in the states. Some of their a new use for the a-7 one of the South Dakota air National guardsmen deployed to Trygge Norway uses an a-7 Corsair for a temporary coat Hanger while getting settled into the Groove for nato exercise missions. For is Delange bases Don t have medical facilities at All so their soldiers come Over Here for treat ment. It puts a big Load on the people Attis  senior airman Mary Olsen a 25-year-old radio operator from Sioux Falls could hardly believe she was Here. I be Learned a lot and i think Ameri cans can learn a lot from these people. They have great respect for their land she said. A Cook 31-year-old Bob Bronson also of Sioux Falls is getting some experiences he had t counted on. They re very Nice to work with he said of his norwegian allies. But i can tread the labels on the cans. I can t Tell what i m getting into until they read forme. Most of the work is just about like our mess Halls but the things we prepare Are different. Most of the meats Are canned and the texture is different finer than  one of the norwegians favorite foods i whale meat. It was really strange to Cook that Athirst. I tried it and did t like it. It looks like beef but tastes fishy said Bronson who added that he has gotten to like it. Other weekend warriors work in the fire station at base operations in hangars pulling maintenance on the norwegian f-5fighters and with base Security forces. Jim Coles Iii Prince Charles plans to visit nato and dec Headquarters London a Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Charles will visit the Brussels Headquarters of the european economic Community and nato nov. 30-dec 1. He will also Call on Gen. Alexander m. Haig jr., supreme Allied commander in Europe at shape in nearby Mons. At nato he will meet Secretary Gener al Joseph Luns and the ambassadors of the Alliance s 15 member nations and will also have a private meeting with King Baudoin said the announcement adding that exact details of the visit will be Given later