The scariest part about the devastating report into cheating at Maspeth High School is how the Department of Education has responded to such scandals. The biggest issue, to them, is not that Maspeth’s principal graduated students who didn’t pass classes. Or that students were fed answers to tests. It’s that grades and tests even exist. According to texts acquired by investigators, the administrator writes: “What’s worse, her thinking she can’t do it or that’s she’s smart?” In short: The DOE wants to take what Maspeth did and make it policy.