Steve Foerster 🌐More states adopt college entrance exam touted by conservatives despite concerns
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/04/06/classic-learning-test/
(Or: https://archive.ph/G277e )
It's funny how determined the author was to use ominous implications to make this test seem like some sort of nefarious illiberal conspiracy.
"But look, conservatives like it! They're the bad guys, amirite?"
"The test refer to things written by Christians! They're all mouth-breathing haters with no ideas to contribute!"
"Look, I'm making a gratuitous reference to Trump!"
"Homeschoolers use it! That inherently makes it crazy!"
Yet the article pointed out a number of ways that this test isn't watered down the way the SAT and ACT have become. For example, the side by side comparison of passages makes the CLT seem more rigorous than the others, not less.
And while buried late in the article, the admissions that the CLT uses passages written by people of color, anti-Christian philosophers, Muslims, etc. belies the suggestion that a focus on the Western canon is necessarily anti-diverse.
Anyway, enough ranting. I just wish the author had written this otherwise interesting article without also trying to manipulate me into sharing his disdain for his subject.
