If schools are to be accountable to policymakers and the public, annual testing with standardized tests is required. (education-consumers.org)
Piece by piece, our entire public education system is being redesigned in the service of increasing scores on standardized tests of basic skills. (saturdayeveningpost.com)
The controversy over the use of standardized tests for evaluation purposes is the result of the assumption that those tests currently in widespread use are capable of differentiating between effective and ineffective teachers. (articles.latimes.com)