Review Gives Many States 'D' or 'F' for Science Standards

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Iowa is at a D and Louisiana is at a B. No way. I would be curious to see how national standard testing compares for these various states. It is one thing to have standards, it is an entirely different thing to teaching of the subjects. Frankly I agree that Iowa's standards are next to meaningless, but most standards I have read are happy words without any meaning. They define impossible to achieve levels of understanding for the particular age group. They are more like reach goals than standards.

Especially at the middle and high school level, understanding of the subject is more important that the teaching method employed. At least that is my opinion.