A dern for the better!

[FPoodry at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/14/00 12:15:40 AM, phma at oltronics.net writes:

>dern, n. A standardized testing statistic describing the gain in percentile
>rank due to taking a specific test multiple times.
>by Fran Poodry. 1
>1 for hiding
>Kir: Oogily likely.
>JJ: Yeah, I think I'd be considerably better on the second try, especially
>if
>I knew there was going to be a second try.

I was inspired by the fact that you are supposed to be able to improve your 
SAT score simply by taking the test again, even if you don't study either 
time.  There SHOULD be a statistic about this.
-Fran