CB> test adds no quality to the process
 MS>     The competency test adds quality to the process in two ways:
 MS>         1) If too many kids fail it, their will be political pressure
 MS>             from parents to improve the process.  (Failure rates are
 MS>             published.)
 MS>         2) Kids wanting to get into college, or even get all but the 
 MS>             worst jobs, get motivation to cooperate with the process.
This only will improve the scores to a certain point, a quality managed 
system would have the vast majority passing.  How many are dropping out?
All this is is Management by Results, a very old factory system.
Motorola has not done this for 10 years, yet they achieve a very high quality 
product. (I think the quality of the final product is at 99.99969% from what 
I read on the Internet).  
As for where these high quality students would get jobs--the world would be 
their job market.
--- Maximus 2.02
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