This looks like a classic "what gets measured gets managed". If they have objectives like "X% of kids have to graduate", then either you improve the kids' skil

This looks like a classic "what gets measured gets managed". If they have objectives like "X% of kids have to graduate", then either you improve the kids' skills, or you lower the requirements for graduation. For example, in France, the recent governments are extremely happy of the improvement in baccalaureate's success rate (the exam at the end of high-school). They never talk about the level, but older folks, who sat these exams a few decades ago, always lament that the courses have been dumbed down. Of course the government doesn't agree, but why would it?