Believe Quote by Amy Chua

As damaging as the obsessive emphasis on testing often proves to be for kids in general, I believe that the effects are still more…

— Jonathan Kozol

Testing is not a substitute for curriculum and instruction. Good education cannot be achieved by a strategy of testing children, shaming educators, and closing…

— Diane Ravitch

“Since the vast majority of factors affecting test scores occur outside school, test scores are poor measures of school quality, teacher quality and student…

— Terry Marselle

Of course, the damaging pressure of competition and high-stakes testing isn't limited to the impact on children themselves. It filters down to pupils because…

— Layla Moran

“Educational bureaucracies dull a child’s questing sensitivity.” Odrade explaining. “The young must be damped down. Never let them know how good they can be.…

— Frank Herbert

I don't want my children to feel the same sense of failure I did growing up because they're not good at passing tests.

— Ben Fogle

“Without ongoing training in tailoring instruction to individual learners (and support in doing so), “fault” for underperformance or disengagement from learning is frequently shifted…

— Kirsten Olson

I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don't think we're there yet. That's what I mean…

— Ashley Rickards

I think a lot of teachers feel like they're teaching to a test. Our response is you teach to a student, you really teach…

— Erin Gruwell

“No behavior problem is just the kid's problem; it's also a family problem. To help your child best, you need to step back and…

— Michele Borba

“The dilemma I was faced with was one every parent faces sooner or later: you want to defend your child, of course; you stand…

— Herman Koch

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

— Maria Montessori