thats the parents responsibiltity not the bush or any govt responsibility, how the hell can govn keep up with all these kids, beside my son is invovled alt is a program provided by the govt which the state we have meeting every six weeks to discuss. and i have attended every meeting and he went on his reading has gone from 51 % to 71 % the average is 75 %. now dont telll me that the program doesnt work. becuz i worked my bunnes off to make it work do you get my drift .we have these test like you are saying .its the parents responsibilty peroid . not the teacher or the govt.now in school its the teacher but outside its the parents, blaine my son goes to kumon is a specail rewading class that helps him to keep up with regular class. now dont tell me iam wrong becuz that has nothing to do with govn.