I too have read that Education majors have the lowest scores. For decades, it is said that the widest street in the world is West 120th Street in New York City, which separates Columbia Teachers College from the rest of Columbia University. Columbia is--or was--known for its academic rigor, whereas its Teachers College incubated much of the "progressive" education philosophy that now permeates America's public schools.
I too have read that Education majors have the lowest scores.
They make up for their low scores with their good intentions. Ha ha ha ha ha. Some of the most moronic people I've ever met were in public education, K-12, especially those in administration or student counseling.
One I know, who had gotten her master's degree in reading remediation, complained about Richard Mitchell estimate of this group's relatively deficient intelligence in
The Graves of Academe saying, "That guy's a meanie! This [program] was the hardest I've ever worked in my life." I thought, "Yeah, I believe you and you've just proved the author's point."