No, it's the sad result of not educating, thus "necessitating" the cheating in order to avoid penalty.
I have to agree. Teachers with tenure get transferred to failing schools and ultimately fired if test scores don't rise. Teachers without tenure are not asked back.
There's a lot pressure to perform for teachers. As a result, kids are no longer taught to think and reason, but are taught to master test taking.
A lot of today's "teaching" is a result of the failure of GW Bush's "No Child Left Behind."
