Ramblings before a test

So I'm sitting here at my local Beans and Brews coffee shop studying for my government test, instead of being in my first class of the day. But as I sit here I am wondering if the testing policy we see in our educational system today is effective in encourage attendance, or if in general a policy based not upon heavy weighted test taking would produce an incline in the attendance of students. Though it could be that if the major test were removed from our system then maybe it would be replaced with some form of student lethargy... I guess that's an interesting question, does not having heavy test produce some form of anarchical lethargy? But the most likely answer is I'm stalling and justifying MY procrastination, but it takes a big man to admit that, I think... I'm pretty sure it does.