SAT math scores dropped nearly 15%, and reading scores dropped 9% from 2019 to 2021 among Illinois high school juniors. Low-income and minority students saw bigger losses.
Oddly enough all these kids will graduate and get trophies. And with the push to eliminate standardized testing so the “marginalized” students aren’t penalized, they’ll keep right on moving up. This is how you end up with Vice Presidents of the United States that can’t even speak coherently.
Waggs
4 years ago
No surprise at all. 90% of my middle schoolers are 2+ years below grade level. They were „in” 7th grade last year, but they didn’t „do” 7th grade. The repercussions of our idiotic policies will resonate for more than a generation.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Oddly enough all these kids will graduate and get trophies. And with the push to eliminate standardized testing so the “marginalized” students aren’t penalized, they’ll keep right on moving up. This is how you end up with Vice Presidents of the United States that can’t even speak coherently.
No surprise at all. 90% of my middle schoolers are 2+ years below grade level. They were „in” 7th grade last year, but they didn’t „do” 7th grade. The repercussions of our idiotic policies will resonate for more than a generation.