Efforts to eliminate standardized tests have mounted over the past decade, particularly when tests are used in decisions related to promotion, graduation, and college admission. The attack on standardized testing has primarily focused on the SAT, a test developed in 1926 to determine college readiness.
Higher Education
Colleges Are At Risk Of Closing. Good.
“You’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy” is an increasingly fitting description of the American college graduate. While that World Economic Forum slogan is rightly mocked for its managerial creepiness, jokes aside, the average student nowadays is surely more nihilistic about the world than previous generations. The economic bargain of college, however, is looking increasingly...
September 8, 2026