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Originally Posted by carnation
What I hear as a concern from educators there: this policy is sending unprepared people of all races to UT.
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That's because it's a K-12 problem.
ALL colleges and universities in Texas pull from the same body of potential students coming out of Texas public high schools.
IMHO the issues stems from the TEA, Texas Education Agency, that sets the academic standards for K-12 public schools. And, the disconnect that TEA has with the THECB, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, that sets the academic standards for public colleges and universities.
Over the years the TEA has lowered the passing score for the state mandated tests. Over the years the state mandated tests has gone by many names - TAKS, TEAMS, TAAS, and now I think it is called STAAR.
Over my years of working in higher ed. we were told we couldn't tell K-12 what to do to best prepare those students for college and university.
And, with NCLB, it has made it harder for K-12 public schools to retain students. So now, K-12 public schools basically have to promote everyone to ensure they will graduate from high school.
As for Ms. Fisher, if she really wanted to get into UT-Austin as a top 10% student, she should have "gamed the system" by transferring to a "lower performing" school for her senior year of high school. It is not unheard of......
