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procaryote 18 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe

Education isn't a zero sum game. It's highly possible for people to do worse on basic skills without that being compensated by new unknown skills.

Hoping they're smarter than the tests show is a bad strategy for fixing the issue

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