“In other words, the left has changed the goal of education from an equal opportunity to an equal outcome.”
The highest rating is termed ‘Excellent’. To be ‘excellent’ doesn’t mean that any students did particularly well. It means the vast majority managed to meet the minimum standards.
The course material in core subjects has been dumbed down
year after year, and more students are required to be enrolled in the ‘higher level’ college prep classes. The
Texas university system is full of kids that can’t perform
well enough to be in entry level college classes.
People talk about the importance of testing etc., but the
bureaucrats that write the tests can still push whatever agenda they want!!!!
Again it is really up to parents to work to ensure that
their children are truly learning what they want them to learn.
In WA state, they are talking about delaying the testing until the “at risk” students are moved to the training programs, so that they won’t have to be tested.