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Comments on New York state examinations aimed at assessing the proficiency of immigrant students in English as a second language. Performance of the students in the examinations; Inadequacies of the examinations; Need for reform in the bilingual program of the state.

The article provides some suggestions how one can make good use of talented children having greater ability in the acquisition of the English language to deal with the problem of declining language skills. These prodigies should be identified and should be offered books, magazine subscriptions and dictionaries. They should be given the names and addresses of other prodigies and should be allowed to practice their writing by corresponding with nit-pickers like themselves.