so over the past few months, outlets have reported on how the college board and the clt are both ineffective at maintaining academic standards in schools
USA TODAYHeld up as a new route to college admissions, the Classic Learning Test has instead become a remedial high-school graduation test in Florida.
it’s true, there is no debate to be had, it’s a strange piece of writing
Peace, Truth, ScienceIf you changed the tests and the scoring then there's really no debate to be had. The answer is either the change in the tests and the scoring have caused the inflation or, if it is something else, the change in tests and scoring has made it impossible to tell.
8th grade history is now college level history which means high school is obsolete
Annie Abramsmeanwhile nypost.com/2026/07/26/u...
the tests have changed, the scoring’s changed, the courses have, in many cases, changed www.the74million.org/article/sett...
Settling Scores: Experts Debate Why AP Performance Has SoaredSince the College Board began changing its grading criteria for Advanced Placement exams, scores have climbed rapidly.www.the74million.orgthe whole infrastructure deserves more scrutiny
Chris Berry@annieabrams.bsky.social Did you see this: www.texastribune.org/2026/07/27/c...
it’s important to teach about history and literature in tax funded schools
Bill Kristol“The fascist nation is not real. It is a past conceived in myth that has supposedly been lost to contamination and degradation—and must be willed back into existence through violent ethnic purgings. These purgings, really, are what will bring the myth to life.” newrepublic.com/article/2135...
“But we want to make this absolutely clear, too: classic books are being removed because book banners are targeting classic books.” there’s a redefinition going on, of what a “classic” is, what it’s for, who decides
Frank StrongWhile volunteers helped @txfreedomread.bsky.social track book removals from Tx schools after SB12 & SB13 were passed last year, I made a spreadsheet of the classic & acclaimed books that were banned from individual districts in 2025-2026. You won't believe it. open.substack.com/pub/franklin...
it’s funny you’d think the classical ed guys would be celebrating this but no
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”
please read it, especially if you like the idea of science of reading and/or state or company mandated book lists
Megan GreenwellWIRED sent me to Mississippi to report a different kind of feature about reading. Why are third-graders there acing standardized tests but older students are still struggling with comprehension? What does measuring "literacy" even mean?