A Stunning Graphic on the Failure of Test-Based Accountability

CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

President Obama, Secretary Duncan:

You say the data does not lie...

...you say the standardized test is almighty.

Well, the PISA, that international standardized test that you so often cite, clearly shows that your policies (and the policies of your immediate predecessors) have been a resounding failure.

And, yet, you are damned and determined to continue down that path.

It bears repeating:

It's sad, so sad, it's a sad, sad, situation, getting more and more absurd.

And to think, Mr. President, that Linda Darling-Hammond woulda, coulda, shoulda been your Secretary of Education.

Oh, that's right, Linda didn't possess the proper credentials...