People complain about the tests because they don't measure what the law presumes they measure. The law presumes all this testing reveals which schools and good

People complain about the tests because they don't measure what the law presumes they measure. The law presumes all this testing reveals which schools and good teachers and which schools don't. Those tests suck at measuring that. What they're great at measuring is which schools have the most kids in poverty and which schools don't. Maybe it would be more sensible to reverse the law's provisions. Give schools which test poorly more money, not less. Use that money to mitigate the horrifying effects of student poverty.