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inAs to another note on this topic, I won't buy into the 'but everybody =
gStates takes the tests so that dillutes the results'. We've been usin=
excuse too long
If it is a valid point that still holds how can it be held "too long"?
andbut we've always (in this century) educated everyone at the elementary
wnsecondary level. The median level of academic performance is going do=
ly
I happened to browse the statistics yesterday (from DEHW statistics). In
1940 40% of the 25 year olds had graduated high school. This rose steadi=
until the mid seventies when about 85% of the 25 year olds finished hight
school. Enrollment in colleges quadrupled during this same time and
leveled out (at about 40%...but I have seen this measured in =FCdifferen=
ways to show large variations.) So "we've always (in this century)
educated everyone" is not supported.
y
taken at various levels. Passing is only at the 26% level but at many
elementary schools failure rates are approaching 50%. Many reasons wh=
NG(some even valid) but the simple fact is that the performance IS GETTI=
theWORSE!
I am not sure what "passing" means on that particular test. I know that =
ACT and SAT tests with "interlocking items" to compare difficulty level
from year to year show some decline (not very large) from the 1950's
(assuming that one fourth of the number of students took the test
compared to today). Interesting to note is that the largest declines
were among the "white" subgroup starting in the 70's. Generally
small inreases are detected in "minority" scores.
How is this for stirring the pot? Could it be that educators need the sk=y
fall or we are not likely to be funded?