Students face a confusing array of tests and assessments.
A gaping hole in this reform strategy, however, is the lack of coherence in content and assessment standards between higher education institutions and systems and K-12 systems. In this article, the author argues that unless this standards gap is closed and K-16 policies aligned, students and secondary schools will continue to receive a confusing array of signals and will not be able to prepare adequately for higher education. The current scene is a Babel of standards, he suggests, rather than a coherent strategy.