Recently, the New York Times ran an article which analyzed SAT test writing submissions. As you can probably guess, the writing quality was less than impressive. Unfortunately, it seems that academic performance in public schools (U.S.) is slumping further with each passing year.

Chad Orzel had decided to see if some of today’s best bloggers could perform better than the high schoolers, under the same conditions. The results…

500+ bloggers dove into the online test, however only 109 responses were scoreable and recorded. The tests were graded (professionally) and then rated by other online readers, who could compare their grade with the professionals. Were the bloggers more skilled than the SAT-taking high schoolers?