Posted on 08/21/2013 1:23:25 PM PDT by JeffAdams_MI
WASHINGTON — Almost a third of this year’s high school graduates who took the ACT tests are not prepared for college-level writing, biology, algebra or social science classes, according to data the testing company released Wednesday.
The company’s annual report also found a gap between students’ interests now and projected job opportunities when they graduate, adding to the dire outlook for the class of 2013.
“The readiness of students leaves a lot to be desired,” said Jon Erickson, president of the Iowa-based company’s education division.
The ACT reported that 31 percent of all high school graduates tested were not ready for any college coursework requiring English, science, math or reading skills. The other 69 percent of test takers met at least one of the four subject-area standards.
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And therefore ripe for brainwashing
In some school districts, I suspect that percentage would be closer to 80.
This is followed by the cashier looking at him in utter confusion.
"With 5% of blacks, and 25% average... it makes you wonder if the scores would be significantly different if they didn't go to school at all. Time to scrap the glorified babysitting service and build a different system."
But they all get blue ribbons for participating.
The liberal end-game finally comes to fruition.
The good news is that these yahoos will be working for the kids who have been homeschooled.
1 in 3?
That many?
Guess the NEA didn’t have the chance to complete the job of total libralification (copyright pending) of our society.
This is quite bleak news, as generally only those who are planning to go on to college might take the ACT test. So presumably those taking it would be somewhat further along than those who don’t take it, IMHO.
I don’t think more than 8-10% of 18 year olds are intelligent enough to benefit from college, so “more than 1/3 being unprepared” is like, DUH.
The sad reality is that America has been dumbed down and is in decline. Massive amounts of expenditures have been futile and cannot compensate for a decline in character and values.
My 13 y/o granddaughter (referenced in the tag) scored high on the ACT verbal test recently. She also seems to be able to write as well as most college freshmen. Homeschooling daughter is now getting her oldest pumped up on math. It’s a beautiful thing.
I know a college professor who can’t read his own Ph.D. diploma...but that’s because he went to Princeton and the diploma is in Latin.
Will the students be ready for professors who write in cursive?
I graduated in 1974 and wanted to take a VERY high-technical fiber optics course at RPI back in 2000 [I’m in telecom]. It was an accelerated course with competitive selective entry - and they wanted BOTH current ACTs AND SATs. So, I took the tests, but did not study for them.
Scored 34 on ACT, 1450 on SAT - I guess I DID get a good education after all ...
That being said, you can't expect today's students to do any better than their parents. This process of dumbing down has been slouching along toward the abyss for nearly fifty years, http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/pages/reviews4.html.
The next time you visit friends, look around and see if you can spot any intellectually challenging reading material in evidence. Are your friend's children even present or are they zoned out, playing video games? While your at it, check your own kids and see what they are reading or are they spending all their free time on their computer? How much of that time is spent on "Social Networking", tweeting, texting? Any chance that a serious thought might intrude into their cocoon like existence?
Regards,
GtG
yes but they feel good about themselves and believe in equality of outcome.
Before 1960 or so only about 10% of all 18 year olds went on to college. It was just assumed, and I believe subsequent experience has amply prooved, that only this small fraction of young people could be called “college material.”
Families in other countries go to great lengths to send their kids to the US to attend college but they don’t want a damned thing to do with our high schools. No one ever asks why. Not even in the posh suburbs. Probably because while US parents (the ones you can dare to care)and students spend years focusing on football, soccer, wrestling and marching band, the parents in other countries are getting their kids ready to eat the lunch of the american kids’ in math and science.
But they can put a condom on a cucumber.
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