Students around the globe earned among the lowest average scores ever in science, reading and mathematics on the Program for International Student Assessment.
- UC Berkeley mathematics professor Zvezdelina Stankova warns that some incoming college students are five to eight years behind in math, with basic skills such as fractions becoming a problem even at elite universities. - Stankova says COVID learning loss, grade inflation and years of inadequate preparation leave some students unable to handle calculus, engineering and other demanding STEM courses. - She argues standardized testing such as the SAT can provide universities with an important baseline for determining whether students are academically prepared for rigorous programs. - Stankova warns that AI can become a dangerous academic crutch when students use it to avoid reading, thinking and solving difficult problems themselves. - She…
David Lisbona Education in America is a mess. Student achievement is abysmal and continues in decline. Without an honest assessment of what went wrong, we will never make the necessary changes to help children learn.
“We can clearly see that this isn’t just a pandemic story,” said Matthew Soldner, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics.
U.S. test scores have steadily fallen for ten years now. And despite what many think, this problem has been affecting students long before COVID. So what can be done to turn things around? #academic #students #satscore
When teachers inflate grades — giving higher marks than students’ actual performance warrants — the effects ripple far beyond the classroom.
More than 2 in 3 schools (68 percent) are performing worse in both math and reading than they did before the Covid panic.