also a disaster, testing these kids remorseless lee. it is unthinkable. here is the government in -- testing these kids. even though they don't call it a high-stakes test they start in first grade, second grade, third grade to prep them for the fourth grade test and some of these schools take a two thirds, not just the test but the pretest, post tests, and meanwhile low-income kids, black and latino have had no preschool usually. the children and children of my harvard classmates typically get free.5 years of the best, beautiful, developmental free school in new york starting in their 2-1/2, they are taught preschools in new york, $40,000 a year and meanwhile we are giving almost nothing to low income children. detests in first, second, third grade prove nothing. all they measure is the accident of birth, are your parents wealthy enough to send you to school? why did you spend those years at home looking at tv? until we deal with these gross inequalities, the testing is a monstrosity, it is a substitute for genuine equality. the worst thing is the testing