The current college ranking systems provide an easy way for prospective students to see how one institution ranks against another. The next day I was hauled into the head’s office to be read a spittle-flecked diatribe about how a particular parent felt Thatcher saved this country from the Argentinians”, and they did not send their child to my school to be indoctrinated by trendy lefty teachers”.
Standardized testing mandated by No Child Left Behind has come under significant scrutiny in recent months from critics who believe state standardized tests are too narrowly focused, are not an authentic measurement of student …
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