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SAT reading scores drop to lowest point in decades
The Washington Post ^
| Wednesday, September 14
| Michael Alison Chandler
Posted on 09/14/2011 8:32:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
The good news is we have more students thinking about college than ever before, The bad news is, a lot of them have no business being there.
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:35:25 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Only two things come out of the DemocRAT Party. Fears and Smears.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Is it that guy from Crawford, Texas’s fault?
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:35:35 PM PDT
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: MinorityRepublican
The College Board attributed the lower scores to the growing diversity of test-takers, many of whom are less prepared for college-level work or are learning English as a second language. The translation from PC-Speak is forbidden to be mentioned.
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:40:37 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
Lower SAT scores, women and minorities hardest hit
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:41:31 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ...In the US the number is 54%)
To: MinorityRepublican
it's called PHONICS!!!
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:41:57 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: MinorityRepublican
Reading?
You mean like a book with pages? That thing that makes me ACTIVELY engage my cerebrum?
Nah, I’d rather watch the movie via the tiny screen on my “cool” cell phone.
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:42:46 PM PDT
by
EyeGuy
(2012: When the Levee Breaks)
To: shankbear
And what does SAT stand for? Is this some sort of no child left behind thing?
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:43:44 PM PDT
by
Hillary's Folly
(Imagine there's no Hillary. It's easy if you try.)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:44:03 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
To: MinorityRepublican
"many of whom are less prepared for college-level work or are learning English as a second language." It is my contention is that it is harder for someone with Ebonics (corrupted English) as a first (thought) language to learn English than it is for someone with Spanish as their first language. More especially so if their culture views learning as "too white"...
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:45:44 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: Chode
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:46:42 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Of course you realize, this means war.)
To: MinorityRepublican
How’s that possible? Federal spending (and in most states- spending in general) on public schools has gone up drastically in that time period...
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:49:13 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
To: Hillary's Folly
Are you joking? You never heard of the Scholastic Aptitude Tests and Scholastic Assessment Tests?
Back in another century, when I was in school, they were called, "Scholastic Achievement Tests"...
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posted on
09/14/2011 8:57:10 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
09/14/2011 9:04:54 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Yeah, well ... The Thread Police kept me from donating.)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
09/14/2011 9:05:11 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Yeah, well ... The Thread Police kept me from donating.)
To: MinorityRepublican
We have spent 10s of trillions on War on Poverty and Education in the last 50 years and they are worse than ever.
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posted on
09/14/2011 9:06:31 PM PDT
by
ully2
To: MinorityRepublican
Let’s start with eliminating the Dept. of Ed.
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posted on
09/14/2011 9:06:44 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: ully2
33 points? Ouch.
It would be nice if the educrats actually posted the sample sizes so we can uncover whether the decline is statistically significant, but nah, that would involve actual research.
With a sample of 1 million students, you’d have an error of plus minus a point. If you multiplied the number of students by 10, you’d have plus minus .6 points.
To explain a decline of 33 points, you’d need sample differences of 10 million to 500 people taking the test.
The decline is real, no matter what the educrats would have you believe.
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posted on
09/14/2011 9:20:49 PM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(Honkeys for Herman! “10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government")
To: BenKenobi
Ouch is right, remember this is the new dumbed down test so comparisons with test of 30 years ago a bogus.
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posted on
09/14/2011 9:32:11 PM PDT
by
jpsb
To: MinorityRepublican
No problem. Obama will just find another trillion dollars to “for the children”. He probably has it in his couch cushions.
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posted on
09/14/2011 9:39:24 PM PDT
by
Personal Responsibility
(Government rushes to help the irresponsible and does little for the responsible)
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