Ammar,


> If an extra query is not too expensive for your situation, how about:
>
> scores.where(["standard_id NOT IN (?)", standard_ids])

This worked! Thank you! At this point, I'm glad it worked and have no
idea how to tell if it is "too expensive." Can you recommend a
resource that provides more info?

> Do you really need self in those statements?
Just searched for more info about when to use self (or not) and came
up with this advice: "Never use self for retrieving values, since itÃÔ
unnecessary and adds bulk. ...in the context of ActiveRecord."
http://bit.ly/cVgYK This was helpful too:
http://paulbarry.com/articles/2008/04/17/the-rules-of-ruby-self

Thanks again for your help. :-)