Graduation rates and college acceptance were tinkered with in New York to dismal results. Educational administrators were perversely incentivized, and it has sh

Graduation rates and college acceptance were tinkered with in New York to dismal results. Educational administrators were perversely incentivized, and it has showed up in atrociously high failure of local students to test out of remedial courses in public colleges. Just because the test mean drops does not mean the test is flawed. The educational inputs could simply have worsened, which is exactly what a reliable indicator should show.