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Old 03-30-2005, 11:26 PM   #9
xiggi
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"Spanish native speakers are usually incompetent in their own language so theres a good curve..
unlike chinese... which is hardly curved.."

The reason for the difference in percentile has less to do with the competence of the students than it has to do with the difficulty of the tests. While one does attempt to test a High School achievement, the other is content to test a level slightly above kindergarten. The SAT-II for asian languages are nothing but a joke, except in California.
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