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> [Assessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/assessments-should-compare-the-performance-of-students-to-a-set-of/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

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## More by Alfie Kohn

> [“Many of our elected officials have virtually handed the keys to our schools over to corporate interests. Presidential commissions on education are commonly chaired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/many-of-our-elected-officials-have-virtually-handed-the-keys-to-our/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [“a grade can be regarded only as an inadequate report of an inaccurate judgment by a biased and variable judge of the extent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/a-grade-can-be-regarded-only-as-an-inadequate-report-of-an-inaccurate/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [In some suburban schools, the curriculum is chock-full of rigorous A.P. courses and the parking lot glitters with pricey SUVs, but one doesn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/in-some-suburban-schools-the-curriculum-is-chock-full-of-rigorous-a-p/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/standardized-testing-has-swelled-and-mutated-like-a-creature-in-one/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/if-a-child-is-off-task-mayb-e-the-problem-is-not-the-child-maybe-it-s/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/if-unconditional-love-and-genuine-enthusiasm-are-present-praise-isn-t/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/most-of-us-would-protest-that-of-course-we-love-our-children-without/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone's being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/what-can-we-surmise-about-the-likelihood-of-someone-s-being-caring/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [When was the last time you spent the entire day with only 42 year olds?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/when-was-the-last-time-you-spent-the-entire-day-with-only-42-year-olds/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/punishment-and-reward-proceed-from-basically-the-same-psychological/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her position of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/each-time-i-visit-such-a-classroom-where-the-teacher-is-more/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/educators-remind-us-that-what-counts-in-a-classroom-is-not-what-the/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/in-short-with-each-of-the-thousand-and-one-problems-that-present/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [To control students is to force them to accommodate to a preestablished curriculum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/to-control-students-is-to-force-them-to-accommodate-to-a/)

[Alfie Kohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfie-kohn/)

> [“But as I mastered the material, homework ceased to be necessary. A no homework policy is a challenge to me," he adds. "I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfie-kohn/but-as-i-mastered-the-material-homework-ceased-to-be-necessary-a-no/)

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