Editorial

THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF BRIGHT STUDENTS

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It was every student's dream-come-true: finding an error on a test question and you caught it. Such was the case with 17-year-old Colin Rizzo of Peterborough, N.H., who caught a mistake in a math question on the SAT college-entrance exam.

Young Rizzo caught a mistake made by the best educators in the nation. Math questions on the test are developed by former math teachers, reviewed by high school teachers and math professors and then checked by members of the SAT committee. At least a dozen people missed the error.

But not Rizzo. "It seem too tricky, even for an SAT question," he said. He is an inquisitive, bright young man and a perfect example of a student on the right track to success.