[Salvation]

This is so funny and sad at the same time. Wasn't it New Jersey that wanted to take Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and other founding fathers out of the history books.

Two words: Dumbing Down

[bettina0]

Not all tests are equal. If these are anything like the Maryland tests where children confer in a group (group think) and write essays about their experience, or when they don't have to get the right answer on the math portion, just write about how they got it (the process is more important than the answer), or when they construct a reasonably well-thought out essay, but neglect to use certain "buzz" words and get penalized for it, than maybe states should go back to norm-referenced tests like the Iowa Test of Basic Skills that we took when we were kids.

[Harrison Bergeron]

"Two words: Dumbing Down

New Jersey has crossed the Rubicon and taken the concept of "Dumbing Down" in a whole new direction. Many of the college level interns we use here at work are products of the local South Jersey upscale suburban high schools... they can barely string two sentences together in writing without losing track of the tense, voice, or even the idea they wanted to convey. These kids are studying engineering. It appears that, even in upscale districts with strong science and math programs, schools are letting kids get away with being AWOL in the subjects that don't interest them.

NJ isn't just "dumbing down," it's "stupiding up."