If there was any reason for an Education Department it should be to set national standards for reading, math, writing, and hard science, and to monitor for failure to meet those standards. That said, that’s not what they do, and we don’t need them. Levels of education in the US have decreased precipitously, despite the Dept. of Education and the money they spend. What’s the point?
“Levels of education in the US have decreased precipitously”
And we know this because, mainly, the DepEd keeps track of this through the national NAEP system. Which you should keep.