It’s a question that is asked pretty regularly — are high schools getting students ready for college? Specifically, how well did high school prepare students at Rutgers for the math classes they have to take there? Not too well, said education consultant Chad Aldeman, who said his recent research found a case of extremes.
“The highest performing students have done okay over the last 10 years while the lower performing students are doing much worse and that is showing up even at Rutgers, which is a prestigious public flagship in New Jersey,” he said.
Aldeman said grade inflation in high school makes many students appear more proficient than they really are, and that students often end up retaking classes in college that they took in high school…