When examined closely, “raising standards” does not often have the effect of improving education, despite all the rhetoric. When this game—and it is largely a game—is played right, the statistics improve, and its proponents claim victory. But we can do all sorts of horrible things to students in order to improve educational statistics: kick out slow learners, encourage cheating, employ superficial tests that are easily coached but reflect no real academic skill, and so on. We think that by saying we’re “raising standards,” we are challenging our children more intensely, and thereby producing smarter and more mature kids. For the most part, it’s a con game, and we’re all being taken in. anw, College Board line of reasoning: College Board: Pay for this test we made to measure your aptitude for college College Board: Oh, you want to do well on said test? Pay for materials put out by us to do it College Board: Pay us to send your test results to colleges. We wont even use paper; its electronic College Board: Pay us to take a test that certifies mastery of college level material. Take college level classes to get into college basically. But pay us College Board: Pay us to send a lengthy, confusing financial aid application to colleges even if you dont get in. Pay us more if your parents are divorced College Board: Pay us College Board: Were a non profit organization haha hahaha
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