The two tests, which were once known as Achievement Tests, were in Japanese reading and listening and Mathematics II C, both of which are scored on an 800-point scale. The College Board has changed 15,500 scores as a result of the errors.
The subject tests were rescored after College Board officials discovered mistakes while making calculations that are used to measure the relative performance of students on the tests from year to year.
Most of the corrected scores are lower than they were when initially reported, according to a statement from the College Board. The average loss was 15 to 20 points.
Copies of the revised scores are being sent by the College Board to high schools, colleges and test takers. The College Board does not expect the new scores to affect college admissions decisions for the fall.
The Rev. David Garrick, an assistant professor of communications and theater at the Roman Catholic institution, said Monday he had resigned in protest of the administration's views and treatment of gay and lesbian students.
The Catholic church does not condemn gays as long as they remain celibate - a priestly vow which Garrick said he has observed.
The university has struggled in recent years with the issue of gay rights. Administrators prohibited gay and lesbian students from meeting in the campus counseling center in 1995, and last September, following student protests for gay rights, the university issued a "statement of inclusion" that welcomes gay and lesbian people to the university.
But the administration has not included sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy.
The students went to local hospitals, complaining of vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea - symptoms often associated with food poisoning. Inspectors took lab cultures of food and water to determine the cause of the outbreak and declared all dining facilities safe on Sunday.
Although the bacteria might be a type of E. coli, the lab workers believe that the germs are probably not E. coli 0157, the deadly type of E. coli that has recently received a great deal of publicity.
In order to ensure the safety of the campus, all opened containers were thrown out immediately.
The rite required first-year students, referred to as "rats" by upperclassmen, to climb up a muddy, 20-foot hill. All students who set out completed the ritual, becoming full-fledged first-year students.
The cadets' first six months are characterized by physical challenges and recitations of the "Rat Bible," a collection of facts about the institute.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Christine Paik from The Chronicle of Higher Education and the University Wire.
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