... an idea of how the quality of education has changed. The SAT is one such test. From the mid 1960's to the mid 1990's score on this test (mainly taken by college bound seniors) have dropped. Scores fell from 478 to 423 on the verbal section and from 502 to 479 on the math section. Other test results in other subjects such as Geography, Math, Reading, and Science have also dropped, in comparison to previous performances in this country as well as other industrialized nations (Zinsmeister 19). So what do we gather from this? Obviously scores are down, but what caused this? Does this mean are educational system is flawed? Not necessarily. Some people even think because the test scores are down, it is a triumph for American education. Former education Secretary William Bennett repeatedly cite the decline in SAT scores as "proof" that students are dumber, teachers don't deliver, business ...

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