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This is supposed to as you indicated in the intro, be a benefit, not just to the school, but to the students who are the intended -- reported intended beneficiaries. but there's something called the mismatch effect. there's copious data that shows the intended beneficiaries suffer egregious harm as a result of this to a large extent. in many schools, for example, 2 1/2 times as many blacks failed than whites, 50% of blacks congregate in the bottom 10% of the gpa level. and so a lot of these folks will transfer from stem courses to softer courses because you can't take someone that's got an sat...

Supposed to, as you indicated in the intro, be a benefit not just to the school but to the students who are the intended, purported intended beneficiaries. there is something called the miss hatch effect. there is copious date that data. those actually suffer egregious harm to a large extent. in many schools, for example, 2.5 times as many blacks fail than whites. 50% of blacks congregate in the bottom 10% of the gpa level so a lot of these folks will transfer from stem courses to softer courses because you can't take someone who has sat score that's 200, 400 points below their comparative and...

Pointing to texas with that. when you look and see what we've done in your public schools in the state of texas, particularly over the last decade, we have seen the national assessment of educational progress, that's kind of the gold standard, i think you'll agree, when you talk about how kids are doing in school. eighth grade african-american and eighth grade hispanic kids in the state of texas scored the second highest in america. that's the type of progress you're looking for, particularly in the areas that people care about, which is those stem courses in where you're moving them into coll...