Students excel in foreign language exams: High failure rate continues on Math B.

From: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) | Date: May 24, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Mary B. Pasciak

May 24--Parlez-vous Francais? Habla Espanol?

For local high school students, the answer was a resounding "oui" or "si" last year.

Area students aced their foreign language Regents exams, with passing rates of 95 percent or higher in French, German, Latin and Spanish -- clearly the best exam scores of any subject area for local teens.

But when it came to questions about the Mexican Revolution, the Tang Dynasty or ...

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