Almost 30 years ago, while covering the education beat for Peterborough This Week, I became incredibly cynical about standardized test scores. I fought to prevent my editor and publisher from ranking schools based on their results.

Why? Because they don’t tell you what most people think they do.

This week, Education Minister Paul Calandra shared his frustration that the Province’s record $43 billion in spending on education doesn’t yield better numbers. He has appointed two advisers to look at the tests, stalled scores and better use of the results.

Finally, they will suggest additional resources for teachers and students. They will each get paid $1,500 a day.

How much do you want to bet that Calandra doesn’t like what he hears?

Earlier this week, the

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