You're waaaay off subject by this point, SKICO.  The DP article is about Colorado Education wanting to opt out of a nation-wide performance evaluation, and Colorado not being allowed to do so.  Colorado citizens are about to be delivered a dose of reality, to show how far Colorado's education system has slipped behind, compared to national standards. ...Y'all are Ignernt!, and probably getting more so with every passing year.  Don't you want to be aware of that, from an expert's prospective?