[sidewndr46]

If you redefine the goal to be "complete the educational system in a normal manner" and then pass everyone each year you have implemented outcomes based education. The outcome is that everyone is that each individual completes an education. What good it is remains to be seen.

[CGMthrowaway]

So the idea behind NCLB is to lower the standards until everyone passes?

[smileysteve]

It's metric chasing;

If the metric is everyone passes, then you either taught really well or lowered the standard.

[sidewndr46]

There is more than 2 ways to get to the required goal, but your analogy generally holds.