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...Education Department official said that the federal government must accept part of the blame for the current critiques. "The federal government's role has not fundamentally changed in twenty years," Finn said...
...Finn said that serious educational problems have arisen over that period. For example, he said that scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) dropped 90 points between 1964 and 1980. And even though he said that 19 points were recovered in the early 1980s, the past two years have seen no significant rise in SAT scores...
...public takes SAT scores seriously," Finn said...
...first time in the history of the country, the presidential candidates had a debate on education only [in Chapel Hill, N.C.]," Finn said. "It is becoming a discussion issue in national politics because the public is unhappy...
...added that college board scores are not the only indicator of a weak elementary and secondary school education system in the U.S. "Students learn what teachers oblige them to learn, not a whole heck of a lot more," said Finn. "The entire 19th century is a hazy blur and I think it is a bloody outrage...