"First of all standardized tests are tools to make sure the civil servants we pay to teach are doing their jobs and therefore "worth" our money. "
Oh please, stop the paranoia! They are NOT doing their jobs and hence the tests are EASIER AND EASIER to pass which is WHY I really think something is awry here.
I purposely didn't post the rest of your reply because it is idiotic.
I ask you in all seriousness, do you suffer from muliple personality disorder, or do you have two people posting under your screen name. IMO Your posts seem so fragmented. and irrational.