Commentary: New Illinois test standards don’t sacrifice college readiness – Chicago Tribune*

"That’s because standardized test scores are just one piece of information about college readiness. It is not possible to include all the content that students learn in school in one assessment, or even most of it. Students also need non-academic skills such as time management, study habits and persistence in the face of challenge, which are not reflected in assessments."
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ProzacPlease
6 months ago

Translation:
Universities are in on the scam. They will gladly accept government-funded tuition payments from these students, and reward them with a degree in Gender Studies.

Can the students sign their name to a debt that will never be repaid? Well then they are college ready.

Deb
6 months ago

Pritzker is lowering the education standards because he wants to run for president. It won’t look good nationally if he is governor of a state with a failed public school system.

mqyl
6 months ago

Colleges need students for tuition revenue, so many colleges will take even the students who graduated high school not learning how to tie their shoes.

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