European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday August 24,1987 curing Low test scores won t be easy study fakes a look at school reforms Washington and a study pre pared Tor Congress on the decline in Slu dents Tysl scores in inc 196th and 1970s found a multitude of culprits and no easy cures. The report released sunday by the congressional budget office cautions current school reforms against looking for sweeping improvements in students u so performance simply by raising graduation standards or requiring More Homework. The co report educational achievement explanations and implications of recent trends concludes that a wide Range of social and educational factors played a part in the downturn and subsequent rebound which began As Early As the mid-1970s, on some standardized elementary school tests. The study casts doubt on the notion that a few key factors caused the decline of inc 1960s and 1970sand thai reversing those factors will cause scores to Rise As markedly and As pervasively As they fell during those  sausage firm helps Mother of hungry tots Miami a a woman who was arrested after her two children ate a can of Armour Vienna sausage on one of he cily s Mcl Orail trains won t have 10 worry about paying any fines that might be levied against her. The dial corp., which makes 120 Mil lion cans of Armour Vienna sausage annually sent Tobia mks a Check for $125 and a free Case of its product Friday. Jinks 26, is scheduled to be arraigned wednesday on a second degree Mise Meanor charge of eating on a train. She could face up to 60 Days in jail. But since it was her first offence on the charge she could enter a program that eliminates a court record and costs $125. The incident occurred july 28 when Jinks her 18-Monlh-old son Quinton and 5-Ycar-old, Kevin were Riding on Miami s elevated train on their Way Home from a shopping mall. I saw the no eating no smoking signs Jinks said. But my baby was hungry. We did t get  despite a warning from the Security guard Quinton took a can of the Sau sages from his Mother s purse. His brother followed suit. Two plainclothes metro Dade police department officers then appeared showed Jinks a pair of Handcuffs and arrested her. The report was prepared for the sen ate labor and human resources sub committee on education by Daniel m. Korli principal analyst in the co s human resources and Community development division. It is a follow up to an april 1986 co report that demonstrated the turnaround in students Init scores started several years before the Early 1980s, when sever Al National studies began raising alarms about the Quality . Schools. Korutz wrote that his review of Educa Tion research demographic data and other evidence indicates that changes in education policy had Only a modest Impact on inc Del line of the 1960s and 1970s, when scores bag cd nol Only on College Entrance exams such As the Scho Lastic aptitude test but on the Iowa tests of Basic skills thai Many Elemen tary school students take. Many analysts Are confident thai one or a few factors can account for much of inc change shown by test scores Over the past two decades it said. The available evidence however paints a much More comply Caird Pic  said the co report. It said numerous educational and so Cial Fatios were involved including changes in student use of alcohol and other drugs. But in added thai none of these factors appeared to have any More than a modest role in the Overall score decline. By Korea s estimation the rising number of minority students and in creasing family size could each account fur us most a fifth to a fourth of the total change in score during portions of the achievement  in recent years minority students scores have been rising at a faster Rnic Tyfian White students scores on some of the major tests although there still is a sizable Gap Between the scores of minority and White students. The Federal remedial Educ lion pro Gram. Chapter one could have contributed modestly to the relative Yeins of Black and hispanic students the study said while Descar Calion might have contributed to the jains of Blacks but apparently nol to those of hispanics. Since the schools that hispanic attend have become More segregated nol less the report said hat the decrease in children s eur sure " environmental Lead a health a aril might have contributed in Small measure to the up  several commonly cited non educational factors. Do not weal her close scrutiny the study said. Whatever their effects on achievement in general for example neither  viewing nor the growing proportion of students living in single Parent households appears to have caused any significant share of the decline in lest  the Clio report cautioned thai school Reform initiatives such As a Liffor graduation requirements aimed primarily at High school students will miss an important part of the problem. The trends evident in the higher grades were also apparent in lower  Waddle alone in the Middle of the to taking  Lime and a Ying no Etc lion to the ear they re slowing Al no use honking they la just honk Back up photo most to � Hall on a Street in Indian Apo us the people in the car meanwhile we patient and simply Wail for the web fooled Jaywalker to decide taking Isdr own Good a which Side of the Street they Nail to Rolo. Gephardt Simon draw Praise from feminist group Portland Ore. Not rep. Richard a. Gephardt Drew thunderous cheers at the National women s political caucus saturday As he assailed the Nomi nation of judge Robert h. Work to the supreme court if Bork becomes a supreme court Justice inc Reagan Era will live on Mlo inc Ocul Century and that must not Hap pen Gephardt declared. Sen. Paul Simon another in much Raicic presidential hopeful and a member of the judiciary1 committee Drew similar applause when he outlined his criteria for the nomination upon mindedness and so Nii ulv on Tel a girls. Awl Lilter lies and the Marpa Raisun til Church in stale. "1 think i Host Are not unreasonable demands to be made on any nominee Simon said. Gephardt of Missouri and Simun. Of Illinois were among five democratic candidates addressing the feminist group s biennial convention which has drawn about 1.000 women to this City. The Bork nomination has been a com Mon rail inn Point. Many of Lhasa at tending circulated Anli Stirk petitions. It their appearances before the group saturday Cien Suidt and Simon were asked How his a inn Riby they would place in Luvot j i Man As a Runnin male. Moth declined to nuke a firm com . I i Jan it Promise i m going 10 have any one person or any one group rep resented on the tick i. Said Simon who said he has always supported equal Opportunity. I Ophardt said to want to have some one on the ticket with me who can be a Good president and help me win the pre Suk nov he added that he had placed no out1 in or out of Bounds. Rieur cars ago at a comparable Point in the 1984 presidential Campaign the Quimn of a woman As vice president was under quiet discussion among fam Init a Pronti is that eventually led to the Neuv Linin Nick Aldine a. F Erraro As Walle Mondale i running mate. Mikh of the attention  Lio Woer. His been focused on a  Wking inc presidency itself Slih the potential candidacy of rep. Patricia Schroeder of Colorado. Irene Natividad head of the caucus had Sharp words saturday for the Republican candidates none of whom were in attendance. Natividad said candidates of both Par ties had been invited to address the bipartisan group to Tanir up Ilcent no Republican presidential candidate has chosen to  she said. Once again we have been written  Natividad. Riquen r. Critic died the i mix Ralic Parr As Ell. We Hue suffered whisker Burns lion the lip service Vou have ibid in the  of Power silk i i talk