Submitted by CARPE DIEM

Q: What does a major state university do when test scores on a precalculus math exam for incoming freshmen continue to decline year after year, while at the same time high school GPAs of incoming freshmen are going up?

A: If your answer is “make the test easier,” go to the head of the class!

Watch a disturbing video on the decline in math skills for college students (click twice on the arrow above), with an explanation for why it has been happening (”reform math”), and some ways to solve the problem (abandon “reform math”).

Thanks to Oak Norton for the pointer.

See a previous CD post on the huge shortage of IT professionals and the lack of technology talent in the U.S.. Thanks to “reform math,” that huge shortage will likely continue.

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