alan arroyo says this is dumbing down and he doesn't like what he had. you about this new regiment? >> i think it's an effort to bring everything to the middle and the purpose of the standardized test is to sort out who is the best and the brightest and if we have this test that is dump down, it we don't show that. >> and it is going back to what was before. >> when you are a kid, we had higher level math. we expected every student can do well and we could see who is really brilliant. >> this is not about me. but i know what you are saying. so a lot of people say that we are not making this is kind of test. it is simple and more to the point and an easy way to make a straight comparison. >> the exceptional essay is exasperating a decrease in most college professors will tell you that they are abysmal. we have to resurrect this and it's already been something that needs a boost. >> this becomes an optional thing and in my day that was where you could have a part of this and smart individuals could see through that. and there are a lot of critics who say t