If enough educators — and noneducators — realize that there are serious flaws in the way we evaluate our schools, and that those flaws
erode educational quality, there's a chance we can stop this absurdity.
Said the authors of that now infamous report on the
quality of education in the United States, «We report to the American people that while we can take justifiable pride in what our schools and colleges have historically accomplished and contributed to the United States and the well - being of its people, the
educational foundations of our society are presently being
eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people.»