Americans Don’t Want to Get Rid of Valedictorians

[MDLNB]

"More and more schools around the country are eliminating long-standing systems that rank high school students on the level of their academic achievement including the designation of senior class valedictorians and salutatorians. But Americans aren’t eager to embrace the change."

Americans Don’t Want to Get Rid of Valedictorians - Rasmussen Reports™ (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/education/americans_don_t_want_to_get_rid_of_valedictorians)

[graciegirl]

IQ tests have not been allowed to evaluate a student for decades except those with obvious cognitive delays, and yet, properly used they help young people choose courses that they can master and allow them to find a paying job.

I don't think that is unreasonable and I don't think it is an insult to their privacy.

[Don Baldwin]

Minorities always come out at the bottom...it's racist to test.

Minorities don't make it into honors very often...honors are racist.