South Dakota dumbing down teachers?

This is according to a SDSU Educrat testifying on the government schools lawsuit against taxpayers:

It's easier in South Dakota to pass a test for new teachers than it is in many other states, a university professor testified Monday.

Ann Wilson, an early childhood professor at South Dakota State University, reviewed scores on tests of content knowledge and the teaching process for candidates who sent their results to South Dakota.

"A clear pattern emerged. Although there were some exceptions, generally our cut (failing) scores were lower ... and more of our candidates would have failed had they taken the test in other states," Wilson said.

But perhaps the real dummy was the professor:

The defense challenged Wilson's research. John Munich, a consultant hired by Attorney General Larry Long to help defend the state, got Wilson to admit she hadn't performed any analysis of the statistical significance of the difference in scores.

She also agreed that her review didn't tell how many candidates wound up in state classrooms.

Munich also challenged Wilson about whether market pressures were used to set low test scores.

"They may have set the same score, but for a different reason," he said.

"That's a possibility," she said.

I guess these university Educrats think that propaganda is just suppose to be accepted as truth. Education reform will not take more money. Instead we need more truth in education to make it of higher quality.