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Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:59 am to Clames
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most educated generation ever?
Credentialed, not educated.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:01 am to Scruffy
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ACT scores fall to 30 year low
The average scores have been negatively affected by the increase of low scoring applicants, who have no business going to a university.
In the past, these applicants wouldn't have been accepted to a university, let alone graduate high school.
The excuse of racial bias and the push to diversify, have lead to a growing pool of test takers who would've otherwise pursued skillset based careers.
This is the reason universities are beginning to eliminate any ACT/SAT style of prerequisites based on academic knowledge and which predicts likelihood of success.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:02 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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When I graduated high school (33 years ago) the National average was like 19 and it was 17 or 18 for Louisiana
If you graduated 33 years ago, I'm pretty sure the highest possible score was 34.5 (rounded up to 35). Average scores went up a decent amount when they switched to a maximum 36.0 later that year.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:03 am to MasterDigger
quote:Disagree.
The average scores have been negatively affected by the increase of low scoring applicants, who have no business going to a university.
You can see the rapid downward trend started around 2012.
The idea that everyone should attend college started long before that.
This post was edited on 10/14/23 at 11:04 am
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:06 am to Scruffy
The ACT is so much easier than the SAT, if you can’t get 25 on it you shouldn’t be admitted to college.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:07 am to Scruffy
If they were smart most of them could make more becoming a plumber or AC guy these ways anyway.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:11 am to Scruffy
Those tests are pointless anyway.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:21 am to Scruffy
These tests doesn't do a good job measuring overall individual competency. I know people that made perfect scores but dumb as a rock in the common sense department.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:22 am to AbitaFan08
quote:That does not negate the fact that the results point to a clearly failing education system.
Those tests are pointless anyway.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:24 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
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These tests doesn't do a good job measuring overall individual competency. I know people that made perfect scores but dumb as a rock in the common sense department.
Why do people disregard statistics based off of anecdotal accounts?
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:43 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
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These tests doesn't do a good job measuring overall individual competency. I know people that made perfect scores but dumb as a rock in the common sense department.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:44 am to Scruffy
Covid did a number on these kids. It was already a major concern and then fuel was thrown on the fire
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:44 am to Scruffy
I’d be interested to see the comparison based on quartiles. How do the top 25% compare to twenty years ago? Is the bottom of the bell curve crashing or is everything declining?
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:44 am to Scruffy
frick yeah
I’m finally above average
I’m finally above average
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:45 am to Scruffy
China knew what they were doing when they created tik tok. Dumb down the masses.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:46 am to Scruffy
From what I can tell, I think the kids need more time to take the ACT...my guess is a large majority don't finish 2-3 sections and have to guess on a bunch of the questions.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:48 am to Scruffy
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Why do people disregard statistics based off of anecdotal accounts?
Most dumb people aren’t aware they are dumb.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 11:49 am to Chicken
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From what I can tell, I think the kids need more time to take the ACT...my guess is a large majority don't finish 2-3 sections and have to guess on a bunch of the questions.
It’s always been like that. Why do we need to dumb it down now?
Posted on 10/14/23 at 12:55 pm to Scruffy
When I took the test 40 years ago there were no study aids or practice tests like they have now. Very few kids back then scored 30 or above. I know of several in the past years that have scored 30 - 32. So it seems the average should be up. The fact that it's not is very telling.
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