The oft-used rallying cry of the Left is to abolish institutions or systems to allegedly level the playing field between social and economic classes and groups, such as racial minorities or the poor. The Left’s…
Topic: standardized testing
Ivy League Schools Drop GRE Requirement for Some Graduate Programs
Brown University followed Princeton’s lead in removing a requirement for graduate school: GRE (or standardized test scores) from its graduate application processes for multiple departments.
As New York Schoolchildren Get Older, They Do Worse on Math
From School Reform News: Results of 2016 state testing data indicate 44 percent of New York 3rd graders were proficient in math, yet only 24 percent of 8th graders reached proficiency. The contrast is especially…
Standardized Testing is Racist, Black Lives Matter Protesters Allege
This happened at Wisconsin: Protesters interrupted the University of Wisconsin system’s Board of Regents meeting for a third time last week, demanding the end of “blatantly oppressive” standardized testing. The group of about 40 students,…
Standardized Testing is Modern-Day Slavery, Principal says
College Fix has more on this: Jamaal Bowman, principal of the intriguingly named Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, wrote in blog entry back in late August that standardized testing “is a form of modern-day slavery,…
Smells Like Common Core
Even when teachers don’t appear to be complaining about Common Core they actually are, because CC is so unpopular that bureaucrats and politicians try to camouflage it. Yet and still, like the spots on a…
GW Admissions Goes “Test-Optional”
Standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT are no longer required by George Washington University. In its weekly e-mail newsletter, the school proudly announced this shift in its admissions process. The move is effective…
More Common Core for You!
President Obama’s favorite think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), wants to align standardized tests with Common Core standards. Recently, at CAP: Nancy DePalma, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, West Hartford Public Schools,…
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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