A conspiracy seems overly suspicious. It's more likely that the people putting in place standardized testing believe that data should drive compensation and res

A conspiracy seems overly suspicious. It's more likely that the people putting in place standardized testing believe that data should drive compensation and results. They don't seem to be understanding the implication of such a garbage in garbage out policy though. In private schools there is also standardization and testing, and the data is often good HS and thereby good colleges.