You might find the following question on a first-grade math test: “Fill in the box: 7+2=(blank)+6.” But what you wouldn’t expect is for 25% of incoming freshman at a highly ranked university to get the question wrong. But they did.

A report released this month by the University of California, San Diego, lays bare the fraud that many public schools are perpetrating on kids, parents and communities at large. They are handing out high grades and diplomas to students who lack even basic math and English language skills.

“Over the past five years, UC San Diego has experienced a steep decline in the academic preparation of its entering first-year students — particularly in mathematics, but also in writing and language skills,” notes the analysis, by the school’s Senate-Administration Workgroup

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