Sentence examples for lowered passing from inspiring English sources

Rattled by scores that sometimes mirror Arizona's, or unnerved by how the Arizona results appear from afar, these states have winnowed material to be tested, lowered passing grades or delayed the effective dates of those exams until as late as 2007, when many of the lawmakers responsible will be out of office.

Q.: Do you think it was wise to lower passing grades on Regents exams to 55? A.: Again, I do not know how to deal with this yet.

But all the flags of the nations were lowered while passing Hitler with one exception; that of the United States went by proudly borne aloft.

We talk as we trek down the sandy road to lower Yanoun, passing fields of olive trees and bushes of purple thistles.

Many students passed only because the State Board of Regents has temporarily lowered the passing grade to 55 from the traditional 65 in the test's introductory years.

In addition, many students passed only because the State Board of Regents temporarily lowered the passing grade to 55 from the traditional 65 in the test's introductory years.

Ninety-seven percent did so, but only after the State Board of Regents temporarily lowered the passing grade to 55, from 65.

New York lowered the passing grade on Regents exams to 55 out of 100, from 65, for the first few years that the revised tests are given.

Steve Strunsky (NYT) TRENTON: READING SCORES ADJUSTED -- State education officials said yesterday that they had lowered the passing grade on the state's writing test for fourth graders.

But, in general, they tend to have lower passing rates.

"Students of color have much lower passing rates on the standardized tests," said Bill Crain, a psychology professor at City College and one of the people who filed a complaint about the university's admissions policies with the Justice Department.