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Honestly, the government should be looking at open sourcing most educational materials for classes.  If we really believe that education is so important, why are we charging kids tons of money for books in colleges?  Ridiculous.  But the tests will be obscure enough that the materials related to them will be necessary in order to pass the tests (thereby making the companies plenty of money).  This is the wrong way to "educate" people!
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The government doesn't have to be involved in order for that to happen.  Educators can and should start doing that *NOW* - and on their own.  If people are so concerned about the future of education, then there's no reason why they can't start writing and open sourcing better content *NOW* with no need for government intervention.  But I guess it's much easier to just keep buying the same old stuff while sitting around complaining that you think it's awful.

As for the tests being "obscure" - that isn't true, either.  The tests should be covering material in the standard.  If not, if there are bad questions, then those questions should be retired from the item bank.  Most testing systems have revolving item banks with questions that are continually being revised or retired and replaced, with panels of subject matter experts who are involved in item development.  If there's a vague question, it's likely to get replaced anyhow.[/quote]

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