Joanne JacobsAug 31, 20231 minThe broke-woke-stroke convergence: Why professors lower standardsCollege professors are "inflating grades and watering down their courses," write Mark Horowitz, Anthony L. Haynor and Kenneth Kickham in...
Joanne JacobsAug 31, 20231 minUp, up and away: More A's, lower test scoresHigh school grades went up in all subjects from 2010-2022, reports ACT. Achievement did not. Grade inflation was the highest in math:...
Joanne JacobsAug 30, 20232 minLow-SES Asians are top students: Can 'excellence gap' be closed?A middle school in a working-class, mostly Hispanic neighborhood in San Jose started teaching algebra after a wave of Vietnamese refugee...
Joanne JacobsAug 29, 20231 minCheaters prosper: Why graduation rates are meaninglessHigh schools have been using online credit recovery (OCR) to inflate graduation rates, writes Jeremy Noonan. His former district,...