Fraud! Misleading information! A huge price tag for America! I'm not talking about the mortgage-backed securities meltdown. I'm referring to the new TOM LOVELESS ALGEBRA STUDY.
AP story here. The main point: The number of kids taking "Algebra" doubled from 1990 to 2007--but test scores for these 8th graders have actually declined. Call it the name game: the prestige of the course labels goes up, the amount of learning goes down. Just wait till reformers tackle "Calculus."
