Americans: We're Not as Smart as We Thought We Were

Chicago1871 · Nov 18, 2004

Study: Math test adds up to easy challenge

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The national test of student math skills is filled with easy questions, raising doubts about recent gains in achievement tests, a study contends.

On the eighth-grade version of the test, almost 40 percent of the questions address skills taught in first or second grade, according to the report by Tom Loveless, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at The Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
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But we're still smarter than...um...uh...give me a minute, I think of somebody.

Claymore · Nov 18, 2004

Of course we're not as smart as we thought we were - we elected W twice (OK, once).

topcatcole · Nov 18, 2004

Claymore said:

Of course we're not as smart as we thought we were - we elected W twice (OK, once).
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Ah yes, exhibit one.

bigredfutbol · Nov 18, 2004

Working in a library, I was already pretty sure that kids can't read. So I'm not suprised they ain't so sharp at cypherin', neither.