Reply #143: Because the playing field is not even and never will be

[proud2BlibKansan]

What is unfair is comparing kids in the first place. A kindergartener from a poor and uneducated family who has never been read to is going to have a much harder time learning to read than one who comes from a well to do family that reads to him daily. The latter kid most likely already has a college fund in his name by the time he starts school while the first kid's parents are struggling to pay rent and keep the electricity turned on.

The playing field is not level from birth - even pre-birth. So how fair is it to compare these kids' test scores? I can save you a lot of trouble and tell you straight up that the kid from the well to do family is going to perform better. So why don't we move away from testing and comparing to actually providing both kids what they need? But if the PTB insist on testing and comparing, then I will advocate for the poor kids and insist that scores be adjusted.

That is the purpose of the fairness.