The Intelligence: F is for falling standards
The Intelligence from The Economist
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The Illusion of Graduation Success
This chapter explores the troubling decline of academic standards in American public schools, despite rising graduation rates. It emphasizes how policies aimed at improving educational outcomes may inadvertently compromise quality, resulting in stagnant or declining standardized test scores. The analysis also delves into issues of racial equity and the impacts of lowered passing scores and graduation exams on overall student effort and achievement.
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