March 10, 2006
The Fall of the Standard-Bearers
Little more than a century ago, the leaders of American secondary and higher education concluded that there was a need for uniform standards in college admissions. The high-school leaders were frustrated because every college had its own requirements, and they could find themselves preparing 16 students for 16 different colleges. That was "educational anarchy," some principals justly said.
For their part, the colleges were dissatisfied because so many students arrived ill prepared for
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