RM> CB>Well, here we go again---
RM> CB>The public demands quality graduates--
RM> CB>Schools test---
RM> 
RM> But no exit exams and no national test....
    Ford, Chrysler, and GM each have their own _separate_ quality-control 
procedures, including "exit exams".
    Just as there is no national, industry-standard quality-control system on 
car makers, quality control in education does not require national standards. 
 Indeed, waiting for the adoption of national standards would take longer 
than states or even individual districts doing it themselves, due to 
political delays...a local school board or superintendent moves faster than 
congress.
RM> To a certain extent, NY has exit exams in courses called the
RM> Regents exams... They have been "working" for a good many
RM> years now.
    This is your own acknowledgement of quality control in K-12 education 
being possible without national standards.
RM> grades in lesser courses.  Does Mr. Deming take into account
RM> that in education, the product interacts with the process
RM> and can be influenced in its (the product's) actions?  When
RM> making a tv, this isn't a factor ....
    Not exactly so.
    Quality-control professionals in manufacturing _daily_ have to face 
problems in their product deriving from poor-quality components bought from 
outside.
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