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State legislation in Utah has required the administration of the same norm-referenced achievement test statewide to students in grades 5, 8, and 11, with public reporting of school and district averages from this program. These results are reported in this volume. In the fall of 1993, the Stanford Achievement Test, the test chosen by the State Testing Committee, was administered to over 100,000 students in all of Utah's 40 school districts. The overall pattern of results shows Utah students outscoring the national norm group on 16 of 18 possible comparisons. State results are strong in most areas, but there are clear opportunities for improvement. The only areas in which Utah students performed less well than the norm group were language and English at grades 5 and 8. Statewide results are summarized in a chart, and separate reports, in table form, are given for each district to show results from all curriculum areas tested. Forty tables are included. (SLD)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert