[Editors] Fwd: What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895

[William T G Litant]

Maybe I read the Snopes piece too fast, but it appears the writer is 
not claiming that the test is "false" - rather that, in his/her 
(long-winded) opinion it's just not a good indication of whether or 
not we prepared better educated people in years past.

Considering that today, 50 percent of the public does not know the 
meaning of "50 percent of the public" I don't think we have much to 
brag about.

Bill Litant

At 12:13 -0400 9/17/07, Carol Botteron wrote:
>  >  >What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895
>>   >...
>
>This has been going around since 1999, if not 1895.
>
>http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp
>says:
>Claim: An 1895 graduation examination for public school students
>   demonstrates a shocking decline in educational standards.
>Status: False.
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