Begin education reform.

In the U.S. we hire private organizations to test our student's college readiness (college board, ACT, SAT). We prepare our students for this one test, and if the students do not do well on it they will not be able to enroll in the post-secondary school they want to. Students are prepared and prepared for college something that most will not go to.
In the U.S. we allow standardized test be an indicator of intelligence among our students. These tests allow more or less funding to be given to the students schools. I thought that schools were made to educate our students. Not to focus on certain tests that the government deems important. The focus in schools should be to educate.