Complete nonsense. Also, "In Florida, the results of end-of-course exams affect the evaluation and pay of teachers." So I bet low-income areas with less-educ

Complete nonsense. Also, "In Florida, the results of end-of-course exams affect the evaluation and pay of teachers." So I bet low-income areas with less-educated parents working 2 jobs and too exhausted to really help their kids at home probably will have the lowest scores. So any quality-teachers in poorer areas will be less paid, so they'll leave, so the scores will go down, thus the pay goes down, so the quality-teachers leave, so the scores will go down, thus the pay goes down, so the quality-teachers leave... And what's the end result of that? The kids who need help THE MOST are the ones who get THE LEAST. >>There was a fascinating ted talk awhile ago about how standardized tests, contrary to being useless as often ascribed by the left, can predict lifetime outcomes such as wages, being published in a journal, level of academic attainment, and so on. Anyone who is considering tests for predicting people's future potential should watch this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/ EDIT: I just noticed you said "the left", so you probably just have an axe to grind and I'm wasting my time with this comment.