-> not increase.  This will, as W. Edward Deming states, "Increase
-> Defects".
 SK> I prefer your statement that "testing only finds defects" rather than
 SK> the (IMO) inaccurate observation that "testing increases defects". (If
 SK> you think I'm missing the point there, I'd be happy to have you
 SK> re-explain it to me).
If there is a stable process in action, then the act of stopping the process 
to check for quality or to adjust, (micro-manage?), then there is the 
distinct possibility of causing more defects than correcting. In the case of 
students, what about students who panic at the mere mention of testing.
 
Actually, I am not worried about the test, what I am trying to say is that a 
test should not drive curriculum.  If the quality is built into the system, 
then the test will only serve to verify that if it is a good test.  In Texas, 
the test drives curriculum which is management by objective and/or results.  
This does not build quality into the system.
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