And when the score dropped below an acceptable level, the performance was stopped.

From 1994 to 1995, before the change in class size, scores had dropped less than one percentage point.

Last school year, state officials said, the school's scores on state and city tests dropped significantly.

In eighth grade, scores dropped 3.6 percentage points to 29.5 percent of students meeting standards.

Mexican-Americans were the only ethnic group whose scores dropped from their 1991 performance.

Mo's score of 9.65 dropped her all the way to fifth, but that was still better than the Americans.

If a player's score dropped to zero during any point in the game, that player was eliminated from further play.

It was the fourth straight year that scores in verbal skills have dropped.

This is the first year since the creation of state standards in which scores have dropped.

Indeed, scores on the English part of college entrance examinations have dropped recently.