European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 13,1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 is Brenda Hosier it takes breath control fingering and then practice practice practice before Adrienne Gunzel 15, and classmate can play their part in the band. The fresh Man at West Germany s Frankfurt High who is the daughter of James and Ann Gunzel joined fellow band members for practice in Kent Yardley s class. Teachers colled on to help kids handle Strain of military life by Janet d Agosti Ostaff writer Heidelberg West Germany fre quent moves and parental absences Are two of the most stressful situations faced by children of military families according to an expert in child development. How these stresses affect emotional social and intellectual development de pends on the Way parents and teachers help children Deal with the disruption and anxiety said Jane Lannak director for Early childhood programs at Boston University in Europe. We do have a very special Community of children Lannak told teachers at the Patrick Henry elementary school during an in service Day this month. These Are children who have a lot of mobility in their lives and they also have to Cope with the absence of their parents due to military  frequent moves mean that children repeatedly must leave a familiar school and break off budding relationships with Peers. They also face the insecurity of settling into a new Community an school and establishing new friendships. If families Are stationed overseas the children must also try to make sense of foreign culture and language. Moves Are especially difficult for Chil Dren who Are starting school for the first time since everything is new to them Lannak said. As children adjust to moving Parent Sand teachers May see behaviour that is More aggressive or from an earlier stage of development such As thumb sucking and clinging to a Parent. Younger children cannot always express their feelings by saying i am homesick because they Don t have the vocabulary Lannak said. Their behaviour is a Way of showing that they Are sad an lonely. A teacher can make moving easier for a child who is leaving by planning Way for the class to say goodbye for example by having classmates draw a mural that the departing student can take to the new Home. The insecurities of a child enter ing a new school can be eased by organizing some kind of welcoming  programs should adjust to the needs of military families children be cause that is the nature of this Environ ment Lannak said. These Are the fam Ilies that we Are serving our families Are moving  suggested that teachers find ways to encourage students to express their feelings perhaps by using children s books dealing with similar  child s reaction to a Parent s absence depends on the youngster s age the length of separation and the Quality of the relationship with the departing Par ent and the Parent who stays at Home she  and parental absences do not have to be bad experiences for the child Lannak said. A child can be made to feel a move is an exciting adventure depending on the parents attitude and sensitivity she  on military families reveals that children Cope better than expected because military life can be very support Ive providing a common sense of mis Sion. Military families tend to support each other because they have shared similar experiences and problems. The frequent moves and parental absences can in the end teach children How to adapt to new situations and handle  Bottom line for me. Is that schools and other programs for children must be part of the support system Lannak said. We just can t sit separately in our school and expect our school to go on without knowing who these children Are without recognizing the characteristics of the families these children come  ruling on Bias in sat use played Down by Joseph Berger new York times College officials around the nation say a Federal judge s finding that new York state s use of the Scho Lastic aptitude test discriminates against girls will have Little Impact on How students Are selected and scholarships awarded. Critics of the tests disagreed arguing that the ruling could invalidate use of the test to determine qualifiers for National Merit scholarships and winners of athletic scholarships. The Issue of athletic scholarships was already highly debated because of a proposal by the National collegiate athletic association to use standardized test scores As one measure of tighter scholarship eligibility. Critics added that the ruling also will make admissions officers whose colleges rely heavily on sat scores nervous about the possibility of lawsuits from girls whose test scores Are lower than those of boys and members of those minority groups whose scores Are lower than those of Whites. In his ruling judge John m. Walker of . District court in Manhattan said the state s use of the sat scores As the exclusive criterion to award $250-per year regents scholarships and $2,000-per-year Empire scholarships discriminated against High school girls. Girls generally score lower than boys on the exam and thus receive comparatively fewer scholarships. But some critics of education argued that the differences Are the results of some parents and teachers expecting less of girls in certain subjects and thus being less supportive. Officials at women s colleges and some education experts said the Gap Between men and women if it is real can be offset by a different atmosphere found at women s colleges. Joan Bailey assistant vice president for academic affairs at the College of new Rochelle said for exam ple that women in chemistry Are not going to be overlooked or ignored where the teacher in a coed school May be responding to the majority males in  Bailey said Long term studies show that women who attend women s colleges Are better represented proportionately among scientists mathematicians executives and members of Congress. Emerging As the heart of the disagreement Between sat defenders and critics is the question of whether Walker meant Only that the state s use of the test was biased or whether his ruling could be interpreted to mean that the test itself was biased. The judge s ruling came As a preliminary injunction in a suit filed by the girls clubs of America the National organization for women and 10 new York state High school girls with assistance from the Ameri can civil liberties Union. There has not yet been a trial of the facts which would presumably end in a More Complete statement of the court s beliefs. The test which measures verbal and mathematical skills said to be predictive of Success in the first year of College is an annual rite of passage for More than 1 million High school seniors. Stanford von Mayrhauser general counsel for the education testing service the company that writes the sat said he thought the judge did not directly address the Issue of Bias in the test but had Only accused new York state of using test results in a biased fashion by using them exclusively and thus awarding scholarships to More boys than girls. I think this is a rather narrowly drawn ruling to a particular set of facts which is rare if not unique he said. Warren Day an ets spokesman said the Organiza Tion was very frustrated that the ruling was being interpreted in some quarters As a decision  the company had a Long history of opposing exclusive Reliance on sat scores Day said. In his ruling Walker said in part sat scores Cap Ture a student s academic achievement no More than student s yearbook photograph captures the full Range of her experiences in High  College admissions officers such As Lynne Madison of Stanford University emphasized that they weigh High school grades personal essays and a variety of other standards in determining whom to admit. Eighty four percent of the nation s four year colleges ask for sat scores according to the College Board the organization of 2,600 colleges and High schools that sponsors the test. Many colleges use the test scores As a Check against differences in grading by High schools. I Don t know of any school that is using sats As a sole indicator said Wayne Becraft interim executive director of the american association of collegiate registrars and admissions officers