The bolded.*pops in*
Google translate is not a good tool to use, its great for single words, but it cant do phrases or sentences(It translates it word my word, so as you can imagine, the grammar is really off)
As for quarterlies.....at least In ny, public school funding is largely influenced by state testing. The better the school does, the more money they receive. So the idea behind it was that if students had to do a big review every quarter, they would remember the information better by the time the state tests came around, allowing them to perform better on the tests. It could be something else, but im pretty sure thats the reasoning behind it
"No Child Left Behind" sounds nice, but state testing is what it really means. On a side note, I really recommend the documentary "Waiting For Superman" Its about the failings of the public school system in america and no child left behind. Sounds boring but its actually pretty interesting(if you live in the US that is. I doubt anyone outside of the US cares about our public school system xD)


"Waiting for Superman," huh? I'll have to find that.