actually, this brings up an interesting issue: does America need/should America use a standardized testing system?  Lots of parents say no...they're kids can't handle it, it's not fair...whatever.
in my experience, most parents who say that are those who's kids wouldn't of scored stellar anyways.
I personally think that we should!  How do we know if a tenth grader in New York is on the same level as one in Cali?  If you go by GPA or grades, it's all relative to the teachers and the system itself and not necessarily of the student.  Does this make sense to anyone else?
yea you don't, it's imperfect.  but with such a large amount of students, i don't see an alternative.