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A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION ABOUT LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES WOULD BE THAT THE MORE THEY KNOW ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEIR SERVICES THE BETTER PLACED THEY WILL BE TO IMPROVE THEIR FUTURE POLICIES. THE ASSUMPTION IS FLAWED. SOME EDUCATION AUTHORITIES ARE FINDING THAT IS NOT POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT TO ACT ON WHAT IS KNOWN AND THAT IT IS THEREFORE BETTER NOT TO KNOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE. A LEFT-WING EDUCATION COMMITTEE, FOR INSTANCE, MAY NOT WANT TO BE TOLD THAT ITS POLICY OF EMPLOYING THE SAME NUMBER OF TEACHERS FOR A DIMINISHING SCHOOL POPULATION IS NOT PRODUCING A GAIN IN THE LEVEL OF CHILDREN'S ACHIEVEMENT. SUCH ACHIEVEMENT WAS NEVER REALLY THE ISSUE; THE ISSUE WAS THE PROTECTION OF JOBS. SMALLER CLASSES BECOME AN END IN THEMSELVES AND FOR MAINTAINING JOBS. EQUALLY, MATTERS SUCH AS TRUANCY AND EVEN LITERACY AND NUMERACY CAN BE TRANSFORMED FROM EDUCATIONAL ISSUES INTO GENERAL "SOCIAL" ISSUES. SO THE CAUSES OF TRAUNCY, ILLITERACY AND SO FORTH ARE REMOVED FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS AND PLACED IN THE MORE GENERAL AREA OF SINGLE-PARENT FAMLIES, UNEMPLOYMENT AND CLASS. NOT ONLY IS THIS MUCH RICHER AREA FOR POLITICKING, BUT IT NEED NOT INVOLVE THE LOCAL POLITICIAN IN ASKING TOO CLOSELY ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS EMPLOYEES IN THE SCHOOLS

A list of common terms and acronyms associated with South Carolina's accountability system and the federal NCLB legislation