<p>I’ve seen a lot of that. On the other hand, in CA a school really needs test scores and my sons’ school pins all sorts of privileges on how well you did on your ‘school report card’ tests which otherwise don’t impact the student who takes the test, to make the students care. If you get at least ‘proficient’ on all subjects, you get a pass to leave campus at lunch, otherwise you are stuck on campus while your friends can go off (and yes, they have pictures on the passes and wont replace them if you lose them.) I just found out that graduation tickets are given out based on that too. All students get four, but those who got ‘proficient’ on their exams get one extra and those who got advanced on all sections get two extra. My sons want to sell the excess, which the school allows, apparently. They also want to give a couple away, which I am ok with, since we won’t need all we will get, with each twin getting 6.</p>