> No, a perfect educational system would not have every student getting 100% on every test because not every student is the same and also such a test fundamenta

> No, a perfect educational system would not have every student getting 100% on every test because not every student is the same and also such a test fundamentally provides no information to the tester. This is a ridiculous statement. Let's assume you have a room full of perfect students. You spent the week teaching them about subject X and came up with a test to determine if they got the gist of what you taught. On Friday you give them that test and every student gets 100%. By your reasoning, because they all got 100% this test was a waste of time and would "provide no information to the tester." My argument is that the test served its purpose: It demonstrated that everyone understood the subject and you can move on to the next. Could some students have absorbed far more information in that same amount of time? Probably. Is that the teacher's job though? No. Their job is to teach a certain subset of a subject and do their best to make sure every student understands it well enough that they can move on to the next. The problem with this method is that smarter students get bored out of the minds and end up feeling like they're in prison for their academic career. However, the system itself wasn't made for them. It was designed for the average. If you feel that grades should be used to separate or weed out students who don't perform as well you're trying to twist "education" into something that it's not: A caste system.