"I think it's working, and the reason why I think it's working is 'cause we're measuring, and the measurement's showing progress toward teaching people how to read and write and add and subtract," Bush said. "If we're going to spend federal money, we expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving, you know, simple objectives, like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write."
maybe this comes from the new homeland department of homeland redudancy department.