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Face Off: Should all students be graded on a curve to deter grade inflation?
South China Morning Post· 2 days agoGrade inflation, a phenomenon where grades increase over time without a proportional improvement in...
Wendler commentary: Hating excellence
Amarillo Globe-News· 2 days agoToo many public organizations gravitate towards performance at the lowest common denominator. Private organizations do too, but mediocrity’s poison is...
Top colleges restore SAT requirements, rolling back pandemic policies
The Washington Times· 5 days agoTop colleges such as Harvard, Georgetown and the University of Texas will once again require SAT...
Are High School Graduates Ready For College?
Forbes· 7 days agoHigh school graduation season confronts us with a grim reality. Graduates generally have a collective illusion about their college readiness. Almost nine out of 10 2023 seniors (86%)—the class ...
Why colleges are adopting standardized tests again
Stacker via AOL· 4 days agoOverall, UT Austin estimates that students who chose to send in their SAT scores were 55% less likely to have a first-semester college GPA of below 2.0,...
Most Asian Americans think SAT but not race is fair to consider for college admissions
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMost Asian Americans think it's fair to consider SAT scores — but not race or ethnicity — in college...
Opinion: The thousand deaths of today's feckless academic cowards
Idaho State Journal· 3 days agoThis is an unfortunate double-whammy for the vast majority of graduating students who just want to...
Blow his own trumpet? 自吹自擂
China Daily· 3 days agoBlow one's own trumpet意思是自吹自擂，以一种显示自己骄傲或过于骄傲的方式谈论自己或自己的成就。
