European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. Warch 14. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 school reforms fail to produce real literacy new York a Many Young sters especially minorities Lack reasoning and literacy skills needed Tor Job Success and school reforms that stress Only basics have largely missed the problem conclude a new report re leased thursday. Literacy real literacy is the is Scalia to raw material of the information age said David to Kearns chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox corporation in a Forward to the report learning to be literate in  american business needs workers who not Only Are proficient in the Basic skills but who know How to think and can communicate what they re think ing he said. In Short we need people who have Learned How to learn the 48-Page report Wos published by the National assessment of educational Progress Japan 18-year-old con Gross locally mandated program funded by the department of education and administered by the educational testing service in Princeton . At a news conference thursday Nap executive director Archie Lapoint said the report aimed to build a Broad consensus including educators politicians and especially business people to change the direction of America s schools he said copies of the report were being mailed 1o 2,100 corporate chief executives. The report s Central proposals called for increasing programs for Al risk populations notably minority students and duh illiterates and encouraging schools to stress a higher level of literacy that includes reasoning and thinking skills. We re trying to get the attention of the non educational Community with this report said Lapoint we re say ing that we All have to work together. There s a Strong conviction that schools Wilt do whatever we Tell them to. Mos recently we said everyone should be stronger in the basics and they did  recent reforms such As the stress on More Homework have helped address the problem of Basic literacy according to the report. Students who did two hours or More of Homework per Day tended to become better readers and writers than those who did less it said. But other widespread school Reform measures have been less beneficial the re port said. Teachers Are demanding More essays and reports As part of the Back to basics thrust of the 1970s and 1980s, but the results have been lower than expected because teachers have tended to stress the mechanics of writing rather than the ability to Analyse and extend ideas. The report called on schools to cover fewer topics in More depth set higher standards and improve teacher training. Minority students still lag behind their White counterparts in Reading and writ ing skills despite some pins in the last decade the report said,vv4mfc i Miv a at by Iii Grade 68 percent of whiles could read at or above average com pared with 52 percent of hispanics and 31 percent of Blacks. In pressing for More adult literacy pro Grams Lapointe said illiterate adults tend to have illiterate  the report was based on Nap Statis tics on the Reading and writing skills of about 55,000 Public and private school students released last year. Those surveys found that while 97percent of Young adults Hud comprehension and literacy skills adequate for sur face understanding of Reading material Only about half could be classed adept readers Able to Deal Well with Complex material such As a High school text. And Only 21 be item had advanced Reading skills needed for College professional and technical Reading material unfortunately this report confirms what Many of us in business have known for some time said cams the Basic skills of our entry level workers arc simply not Good enough la give us the kind of work Force we need to compete in a fiercely competitive global Market. This is no less than a survival Issue for  states education report card Here Are key rankings of state from Secretary of education William a Bennett s annual report card the no but a nip act scores were posted by Towa Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska and tied for fifth. Colorado end South Dakota. To note ranked 14th. To a Ghat sat states were starting at the top new Hampshire Oregon Delaware Vermont and in Minnesota Nebraska Iowa North Dakota end South Dakota ii Nova ranked Seth. Lowett graduation met herein Louisiana it Street of com to Florida a resist pm and soum Carolina. " m were in connect but Vermont a tomcat of Columbia Wyo ring and Maine. Niota ranked 31sv a Lowen act it Kim from the Bottom were wastes oppt Louisiana West a Fewa Oklahoma and new Mexico Lowit sat a were sout Carolina North Carrona Georgia were it Utah carom the Hawal  he Chatt graduation ate 1m Alaska Dew Tere new York Michigan Rhode Island Fino be Wae ranked  Ummat teacher a theft herein South Dakota Mississippi. Arkansas. Maine new Hampshire convicted killer Claude Dallas Back in Idaho Boise. Idaho a Claude Dallas or. The self styled Mountain Man who twice was the object of intensive manhunt arrived Back in Idaho in shackles and Handcuffs to face prison escape charges. Dallas 37, one of the Fri s ten most wanted fugitives since last easter was captured sunday in Riverside Calif. He was serving up to 30 years in Pris on for killing two Idaho fish and Gam officers when he escaped from the state prison South of Boise last sunday. He had also eluded authorities for 16 months after the 1981 slayings. Dallas he was arraigned by magistrate Pairicia Borah on a felony escape charge thursday afternoon in a routine closed circuit to proceeding. Ada county sheriff Vaughn Killen said Dallas would soon be transferred to the state prison supporters who have described Dallas As some what of a Folk hero claim he shot the two game wardens in self defense. Dallas wearing Orange jail coveralls was handcuffed and shackled As rear Rived at Boise Airport thursday morning. He was immediately transported under heavy Security to Ada county jail. He had waived his right to fight extradition in a Brief court appearance tuesday. Buyer a cent be programs Pace Competition in . Auto Market Detroit a buyer incentive programs Are once again widespread in the Auto Industry despite the fact that general motors corp tried to swear off the programs after the Industry s previous Binge ended Las october. Even the japanese Are playing this year s game an Ford motor co. Added its popular Taurus and Sable to its discounted offerings for the first time on thursday along with Ford Chrysler corp pm and american motors corp., japanese makers Mitsubishi Nissan Subaru and Toyota have armed their dealers with ways to Cut prices. So have Germany s Volkswagen and even porsche. The automakers had decided they would try to slay out of incentives ,1 said Thomas o Crady an anal stat integrated automotive resources inc. In Wayne. A. But they re a really Good bargaining  pm started last year s round in August with 2.9 percent financing on Auto Loans. Ford and Chrysler followed and am jumped in with interest free financing. The companies ended their programs in mid october and pm blamed incentives for a $338 Mil lion third Quarter operating loss. By december incentives began to trickle Back into showrooms an a few models while pm insisted it would use production cuts instead to Battle growing inventories by february the trickle was a steady flow and now buyers can find an incentive Deal almost any where they look. Ford s Inlet marketing program gives Taurus and Sable buyers a Choice of Low loan rates ranging from 3,9 percent for 24 months to 9.9 percent for 60 months this year s Industry Standard or a j400 re Bate. Ford s program also gives buyers a Cash rebate and Low loan rates on escort and Lynx Tempo and Topaz Mustang and Merkur xr4ti and a Choice of one or the other of us Ranger and Bronco ii compact trucks and f-150 and f-250 pickups. American Isuzu is offering customer rebates and Low Cost financing. . Car sales Nissan Toyota and Mitsubishi have dealer incentive programs that give dealers allowances that they canvass on to customers As discounts Volks Wugin s bait is free air conditioning on its four door Golf station wagons and jct a sedans As Well As dealer , maker of luxury sports cars is Oil ring Loans with financing Rales equal to the prime lending rate. After March 31, the rate goes up to prime Rale plus i percent o Grady  s pan fac division is offering Low loan Rales on All its cars. Bulck and Olds Nobile buyers have a Choice of discounts or rebates on options or cheap Loans on some models. Chevrolet buyers can gel Cash rebates on some models and Low loan Rales on some trucks Chrysler s incentive Deal includes a Cash rebate and financing As Low As 3.7 percent on its sporty Daytona and laser models and its Small and midsize trucks Anda Choice of one or the other on Many of its other cars. Amps program includes Cash rebates on jeep Che Rokee and Wagon car trucks and loan rates Starling at 2.9 percent on Many other jeep models. Buyers of Renault Alliance models can gel tree air conditioning. Automatic transmission or a 1500 rebate if inc car has neither