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Originally Posted by SSJup81
I personally blame it on stuff like NCLB. They're more concerned and focused on students passing their end of the year standardized test as opposed to them learning and retaining the actual material.
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Yep iv been saying that for years even before i finished high school. I asked my teachers why its more important for students to pass standardized state test than to actually retain the knowledge i always got a bogus answer but i already knew the truth its called money. I was lucky to go to school in Montgomery Country in Maryland just outside DC the counties standards are really high and the county consistently finishes in the top 20 best places to send you kids to primary school rankings, because of the influcne of politicans kids and foreign diplomat children amoung other factors.
But when i see the inner city and midwest scores i tremble. If Americans took the citizenship test about 80% would fail. Its as bad as children not knowing who the first president was or what is the Supreme law of the land.