That was (and I believe still is) the case in New York as well. My teachers would complain about it directly to us students, and the transition from the standar

That was (and I believe still is) the case in New York as well. My teachers would complain about it directly to us students, and the transition from the standardized test scheme to college was kinda bumpy as a result (since the closest thing to a standardized test you could prepare for there were maybe the exams from previous years for that professor).