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June 10, 2004

Worried about outsourcing?

Might want to fix this first:

High school graduation tests in Florida and five other states are not "overly demanding" and measure only a small part of the skills considered essential by colleges and employers, concluded a report released Wednesday.

For instance, the math portion of the tests includes material generally taught, internationally, in the eighth grade …

If companies looking for skilled labor can’t find it here, they will look overseas.

For more on the outsourcing-education link, see this post.

Posted by tedb at June 10, 2004 09:31 AM




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