Achievement Quote by Angela Duckworth

You have to remember, we may be the only nation, the only one I know of, that uses test scores not to assess kids,…

— John Merrow

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

It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most…

— James S. Coleman

The function of high school, then, is not so much to communicate knowledge as to oblige children finally to accept the grading system as…

— Jules Henry

Now the problem with standardized tests is that it's based on the mistake that we can simply scale up the education of children like…

— Ken Robinson

We are creating a one size fits all system that needlessly brands many young people as failures, when they might thrive if offered a…

— Robert Reich

I am not against standardized tests. There are tests and tests and tests, and, to simplify, the ones I favor are criterion-referenced tests of…

— Nicholas Lemann

The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But neither is it useless. SAT scores…

— Virginia Postrel

Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material…

— Libba Bray

I have an absolutely unshakable faith in kids, grounded in the fact that I worked for three years in one of the worst public…

— Michelle Rhee

Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better reader,…

— Rafe Esquith

I've made it a point to listen to the voices of students, teachers, and parents in my Administration, and I've heard loud and clear…

— Josh Shapiro