11 Feb
Our standards for school graduation
Quiz yourself: how old is that quote:
Our standard for high school graduation has slipped badly. Fifty years ago a high-school diploma meant something. We have simply misled our students and misled the nation by handing out high-school diplomas to those who we well know had none of the intellectual qualifications that a high-school diploma is supposed to represent—and does represent in other countries. It is this dilution of standards which has put us in our present serious plight.
Reference
- [amtap book:isbn=087078417X]
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This was written in 1958, a year after the launch of the Russian sputnick. The article by the histroian Arthur Bestor appeared in "U.S. News and World Report."
I believe similar pronouncements can be heard and read today, 50 years later, as they could 100 years ago.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:59 amTell me about it. Here in Florida we had 8,000 FCAT exams placed on a possible cheating status. The learning requirements have increased, but the cheating and sloppy work standards have increased.
September 7th, 2011 at 11:04 am