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Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe

207 points · 414 comments · vinni2

  1. vincent-uden · · focus · HN ↗
    This very much echoes the region of critical slowing down present in a dynamical system after its equilibrium states have disappeared due to a change in the system (a bifurcation).
    1. andsoitis · · focus · HN ↗
      restate in simple language please?
      1. apples_oranges · · focus · HN ↗
        Something changed and adjusting is slow
        1. samudrijan · · focus · HN ↗
          Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
          1. andsoitis · · focus · HN ↗
            The good news is the ocean is vast. You don't need to be on a Titanic.
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