Michael Perelman wrote:
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > People like Harper's seem to think U.S. high schools
> > used to be more rigorous. Is that really true, or is it just liberal
> > nostalgia for the old days?
>
> We had more rote learning, which probably seems like rigor to those pushing tests
> today.
It is just possible that at least in terms of tests today's highschools are "more rigorous" than those of the late '50s and '60s -- and that in other terms than test scores those highschools were of higher quality. Some left sociologist or educator must have done some research on this.
Carrol