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Exam tests English proficiency
By JOHN BARBER
Staff Renorter
English department officials hope that an exit examination begin last semester will guarantee the proficiency of students leaving the introductory English class.
James A. Gowan, director of freshman and sophomore English, said the use of an exit examination assured that any student passing the beginning class, English 101, would have the basic skills necessary to communicate correctly.
Gowan said that the essay style examination, which was given at the end of each semester, required the student to use grammar, punctuation and prose to convey ideas.
Students submit their essays to a committee comprising 30 English teachers who grade the essays on a pass fail system.
An essay is graded by two members of the committee. After the initial review, the essay is returned to the students who may accept or reject the committee's grade.
When a paper is failed by both the committee and the teacher, it is returned to the committee for a final evaluation by two different members.
Gowan said this method ensured a student a fair grade because each paper was graded on the same scale.
Although proficiency examinations aren't used nationwide, Gowan said, they are used in a few areas.
He said that Georgia had a state law requiring proficiency exams in its colleges
and universities and that the system was used in Kansas at Wichita State University.
Gowan explained that the system would be too hard to set up nationally but that it was useful for individual schools that wanted to study their students.
The grade point average (GPA) for KU students in English has dropped recently, he said. The GPA in 1972 was 2.81 and rose as high as 2.62 in the fall 1973 semester. The average then dropped to a low of 2.23 in fall 1976.
Gowan said that the new system used in English 101 had led to more failures, which had risen from 5 per cent in spring 1976 to 10 per cent last semester.
Senate groups elect chairmen, Leben presents research plans
Three Student Senate committees last night elected chairmen and heard recommendations that they will be expected to act on in the coming year.
The recommendations, written and presented by Steve Leben, student body president, are for areas the committees will visit. Students present their findings to the Student Senate.
Rhonda May was elected chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee, which was charged with looking into the possibility of reinstating faculty and curriculum filled out by students. The evaluations formerly were compiled by Feedback.
The Academic Affairs Committee also will investigate whether students should play a part in determining faculty promotion and tenure.
THE STUDENT Rights Committee, which elected Reggie Robinson chairman, was charged to conduct research into all University committees.
Leben said information about these conditions needed to be consolidated and the information should be made available.
"This hasn't been looked into before," he said, "and students need to be informed about the committees, where and when they work." Students are included in their membership."
Police have arrested three Lawrence juveniles in connection with the theft of a tape player and a tape case valued at $2000. David Jennings, Chillicothe, Mo., junior.
Youths arrested in burglary case
Jennings reported the items were stolen Wednesday night from his car, which was parked near the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. The items were later recovered by the police.
The youths, who were booked on auto busses to their parents, larceny, were released to their parents.
A witness to the incident, Scott Hanefield,
Overland Park park senior, had reported to the police that he saw three youths around the vehicle about 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Don Green was elected chairman of the Communications Committee, which was asked to begin a series of once-a-s semester polls of the student body. The polls would be used to give each new Student Senate an idea of what students thought, be said.
The committee also was asked to continue as overseer in the implementation of Title DX, which prohibits sex discrimination, and ensures that the school guarantees the privacy of student records.
J. Watson's Opens Monday
"THE COMMITTEE should see that they are being implemented," Leben said, "and that students are made aware of their existence."
"We have continually declined to join ASK," Leben said. "It isn't appropriate for our needs, and in our own minds we can't justify the charge of over $10,000 to join."
The committee also was asked to establish an effective lobbying organization for KU as an alternative to the Associated Students of Kansas (ASK), a lobbying group that represents the other Kansas Board of Regents schools.
The Culture Committee, Finance and Auditing Committee, Sports Committee and Services Committee will elect chairmen and review committee charges Sunday.
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He attributed this rise to the use of the exit examination as a means of testing a student's ability, but said the department had not developed programs to help students with their work.
Three years go, he said, the department added mandatory teacher conferences to
Under this requirement, a student must meet with his teacher three times a week.
University Daily Kansan
Last semester a program was added that required students to take essay exams before beginning the semester. If a teacher helped the student needed outside help, the student was assigned a tutor from within the department. The students, however, weren't very familiar with the course.
Gowan said that of the 48 students who had tutors, 23 per cent failed their English finals. Of the 38 students who chose to abandon the system, 68 per cent failed.
The statistic signify that the system was effective, be said, but showed a need to get better.
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