"This Is Only a Test"

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/03/photo-id-to-be-required-to-take-sat-act-exams/1#.T3H1nmE192A

As of this fall, all students taking SAT and ACT college entrance exams will have to present a photo ID.  This, of course, is to cut down on the rampant problem of wild teens’ under-age testing.

The photos of themselves on their ID cards will be helpful to public high school students who can’t read their own names.

"Failing Grades"

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-12-15/schools-federal-standards/51949126/1

The Center on Education Policy released a national report Thursday that reveals almost half of all public schools failed this year’s federal achievement standards.  Now, it’s up to state administrators to work with Congress to quickly lower the standards.

Based on federal testing only 52% of schools have made adequate academic progress.  However, based on new grading methods, 52% is a C+.