CarryOn wrote:
I think it hurts all students. The dumbing down of qualifications for admission to college/university will necessitate the dumbing down of the curriculum offered at those colleges/universities. Because how else will those students who are, as you say, "too dumb to pass these kind of tests," be able to catch up to those who are more academically prepared?
Excellent analysis! That is exactly what has been happening: Lowering the GPA so those who are slow learners can graduate with their classmates. The more intelligent are not challenged and become bored with the educational system.
Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt blew the whistle on the education system when she wrote the book, "the deliberate dumbing down of america" -