[nky]

If you guys know any teachers, ask them about how state mandated tests are "dumbed down" year after year so kids can meet the percentage based requirements of academic achievement set forth by the No Child Left Behind Act.

I applaud this teacher for placing responsibility/fault where it lies, with the youth and/or with the parents who raise them.

It's not only NCLB but the state's required test as well. They have been modified for the last 20 years to make it look like progress.

Student accountability has to start somewhere. Ask a high school student what the KCCT(CATS Test) means to them. or how it effects their future/grades/graduation