OWLs

[isabella_prohaska]

No: HPFGUIDX 62646



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jdr0918" <jdr0918 at h...> wrote:
> <<<--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, DBoyken at a... For those of 
us 
> in America, could you explain this? I know British children take "O-
> levels" and I understand that these are qualifying exams, but we 
> don't have an American equivalent. You don't advance in one subject 
> but not in others.>>> 
> 
> The Sergeant Majorette says:
> 
> In New York, we have something similar -- Regents Exams. You need a 
> certain number of Regents credits for your diploma to be a Regents 
> diploma, which, in my day, was necessary to get into college. You 
> could take the "Regents" at the end of the term in which you took 
the 
> course, but most of them seemed to come during junior year of high 
> school. Theoretically, you could graduate without any Regents 
> credits, but unless you had an uncle in the union, you could forget 
> about a decent job.
> --JDR

I disagree with there being no American equivalent to the OWLs, it 
just comes later the the education system.

I would consider in American high school, an SAT II subject test is 
like an OWL. If students don't score high enough, they may not be 
allowed to enter college in a specific major or program or what not.

Later on in college, it's like a GRE subject exam, LSAT (law school), 
or MCAT (medical school).

"Isabella"