What no student should know or be able to do

["Arthur Hu" <arthurhu@attbi.com>]

What no student should know or be able to do

I've never seen anybody point out that if you gave out a test
of stuff that no 4th grader should know - square, square root,
proportionality, decimal math, reading Harry Potter from cover
to cover, naming state capitols and presidents, or WWII 
fighter planes - you would also see a huge or even huger difference
between majority and disadvantaged groups.

The theory that all groups are teachable and that all test 
gaps can be closed merely by aligning instruction to a 
standards based test does not account for all the knowledge 
that is not and cannot possibly be taught in school.