The GED Testing Service recently decided to lower the passing score for its high school equivalency exam, making thousands of students newly eligible for a GED credential. The decision to change the passing score – from 150 to 145 – wasn’t entirely surprising. In 2014, the service overhauled the test to better align to the Common Core State Standards, a set of challenging academic benchmarks representing what students should know by the time they finish each grade, including by the time they graduate high school. Most education policy experts say the GED Testing Service was right to drop its passing score. After all, they say, passing simply equates to earning a high school degree, and doesn’t necessarily mean those who do are prepared for college-level work.The bottom quarter of earners with a college degree don’t make more money than the average high school graduate. And this hasn’t really changed much in 40 years.
Colleges need to be restructured drastically. Spending two years and thousands of dollars on "core" and "getting well rounded" needs to be removed from the educational process. We can no longer afford to justify the existence of professors in "fluff" courses that have nothing to do with the job/major. IMHO requiring a CS major to take a bunch of humanities, PE, Art etc is outright theft! Keep those courses in high school where they belong. Then expand the college offering to include good solid technical education and actual career preparation in the fields that are hiring!!!
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-02-01/ged-common-core-changes-highlight-that-college-isnt-for-everyone?int=95ce08
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