Michael J. Hynes: Beware the College Board Dragon! | Diane Ravitch's blog

Michael J. Hynes: Beware the College Board Dragon! | Diane Ravitch's blog

Michael J. Hynes: Beware the College Board Dragon! 

Dr. Michael J. Hynes is superintendent of the Port Washington school district on Long Island in New York. He previously posted here his proposal for a new vision of education.

He writes here about the College Board, which has become the gatekeeper whose tests decide which students go to which colleges.

He writes:

The College Board Monster and Why It’s Time to $lay the Dragon (at least during a pandemic)

Michael J. Hynes, Ed.D.

Reader beware. I wrote a scathing diatribe about the College Board a few years ago. I have since updated it as we enter testing season this spring.

Before you read my thoughts about the educational sacred cow and standardized testing machine known as the College Board, you should know up front that I am no fan of the College Board CEO/President David Coleman who years ago was the CONTINUE READING: Michael J. Hynes: Beware the College Board Dragon! | Diane Ravitch's blog

Farewell to the SAT! We Hope. | Diane Ravitch's blog

Farewell to the SAT! We Hope. | Diane Ravitch's blog

Farewell to the SAT! We Hope.

The SAT is in trouble. Its business model is threatened by the more than 1,000 colleges and universities that no longer require it for admission. Many more higher education institutions dropped the SAT due to the pandemic. The SAT is big business. It collects more than $1 billion each year in revenue. Its CEO, David Coleman, was architect of the Common Core standards, with a background at McKinsey. His salary is about $1 million a year. He achieved notoriety when he promoted the Common Core and came out against personal essays; he told an audience of educators in New York State that when you grow up, no one “gives a sh—“ about how you feel. They want facts. His Common Core curriculum insisted on the study of more non-fiction, which drove down the teaching of literature.

Some relevant history: The SAT was created in the 1920s as a replacement for the traditional College Boards, exams that were written and graded by high school teachers and college professors. The leaders of the CONTINUE READING: Farewell to the SAT! We Hope. | Diane Ravitch's blog