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ACT test scores drop to their lowest point in 30 YEARS and 42% of students did not meet their subject-specific requirements for college readiness - the result of disruption caused by pandemic lockdown measures and remote learning
2022-10-14
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • ACT scores across the nation dropped to their lowest point as remote learning from pandemic lockdowns takes its toll

  • The average was a 19.8 out of 36, and students failed to hit benchmarks at a higher rate

  • 'The magnitude of the declines this year is particularly alarming,' said the ACT CEO
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Posted by:Skidmark

#7  ^ 😂
Posted by: Snaviter Jeash2413   2022-10-14 16:21  

#6  Kinsley Gaffe — Covidian Congresscritter tells the truth:

Democrat Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig: I will never stop standing up for Big Pharma and standing against my constituents!""
Posted by: Billy B   2022-10-14 15:31  

#5  Teachers Unions protecting the tenure of membership mediocrity produces the inevitable downward spiral of outcomes. All the noise over the years about money, textbooks, engagement, diversity are static to garble that simple truth.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-10-14 12:02  

#4  The schools are spending too much time teaching CRT, gender confusion, and LGQTeieio, identity politics, and other "Woke" nonsense and not enough useful knowledge. The result is that this royally pisses everyone off.
Posted by: Glert Gloper2218   2022-10-14 11:52  

#3  OTOH, there's Conspiracy Theory #367 (TM) - current behavior/ability of millennials is the result of 70+ years of fluoride in the water..
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-10-14 09:38  

#2  Indiana teacher arrested after admitting to making 'kill list' targeting students, staff members: police
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-10-14 08:28  

#1  So Covid is going to be the excuse the 'professional educators' will use to cover their continuing decades long decline in test scores.


'The magnitude of the declines this year is particularly alarming,' said the ACT CEO

That means even more pressure to 'dumb down' your test to protect the racket run by unions.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-14 07:36  

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