Test-blind college admissions has failed at the University of California. The Regents should restore SAT/ACT scores.

Failing a student is nearly impossible, say Philadelphia teachers. Principals discourage or ban F's and change grades.

Free tuition at community college isn't helping students succeed. Poor academic preparation -- not cost -- is the greatest barrier to upward mobility.

Diego's A's got him into test-blind Berkeley, where he's likely to fail Calculus and give up on an engineering major.

Going "test-blind" was a "failed experiment" say University of California's humanities and social sciences professors, joining STEM faculty.

Refusing to measure college readiness ensures the reckoning will come later, at the student's expense.

Most college students can't read at the college level, says instructor.

Students who are passed along with wobbly math skills will pay the price in college.

Gen Z charter graduates have more education and earn a lot more than graduates of traditional public schools.

STEM professors are seeing huge readiness gaps since the University of California went "test-free" in admissions.

How low can college-readiness expectations go?

More students are completing high school, but fewer are prepared to learn a skilled trade or pass a college math class.

Will Chicago's dual-credit students be prepared to succeed in college?

What's a diploma worth in Massachusetts? Without a state test requirement, graduation rates -- but not test scores -- are way up in Boston.

Dual enrollment helps Texas students do well after graduation, but taking college-prep classes has no benefit, says a new study.

States are dropping graduation exams to hide the failure to prepare all students for work, job training and college.

Reading excerpts in English class, but few whole books, leaves many unprepared to read "lengthy or complex texts" in college.

Streamline high school course requirements.

It's easier to apply to college, as less-selective schools try to "put butts in the seats." But are high school graduates prepared?

Relying on AI to do the math for you is "a recipe for idiocracy."