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When I moved to Plainview 96% of our graduates went to 4 year colleges; last June (2009) it was 80%. The percentage has been slowly going down year by year, not related to the economy.
What improvements are the teacher talking about? The state tests where the passing grade is lowered every year?
ed's note: The NYTimes has had a few articles examining the validity of recent state tests. There is strong consensus among educators and administrators that it was, inappropriately " dumbed" down and needs to be reworked in order for it to be an acceptable tool. This past test recorded an unusually high amount of passing grades that did not reflect actual student's work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/education/14scores.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2009/06/07/2009-06-07_can_you_do_these_math_tests_with_easier_exams_this_year_news_puts_you_to_challen.html
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