" Why is it that every conversation with you devolves into you either not being able to follow the conversation or pretending you can't follow the conversation to try and take it off the rails? "

Ironic coming from you.

" they can just reuse lesson plans, download them from the internet, follow the text book etc " " Efficiency has nothing to do with it. "

Really?

Further, your blanket statement doesn't consider that they may be improving on their reused and downloaded lessons - as if they are just robots obeying a program.

Your criteria and judgments for qualifying what makes a "good" teacher are far from neutral biased to demonize them from go.

" I am pointing out how a lesson plan is not a valid measure of the quality of a teacher, or of how hard they work, or how intelligent they are, or how effectively they teach the kids. "

Now you are, but you didn't state that then - leaving me to guess your intentions. So your allegation that I "_ take it off the rails_" is actually on your unclear communication.

" IQ tests are absolutely not "limited" in measuring how easily students learn "

That is NOT what I said, but yes, if you want to get specific, the tests do not measure how easy it is. Nor does it measure how much they learn. Nor does it do a lot of things. THE TESTS ARE LIMITED. They try to learn what the kids have learned. And of course those tests CAN be and ARE biased in many ways - from the way they present the questions and the language used to the very form of the test itself. For example, kids who don't deal with multiple questions, pressure, or other variables are not considered.

Tests can be a useful tool. They can also be weaponized so to speak.

" And they absolutely do not have bias, that is propaganda. "

Now who's spouting propaganda?