Accountability Quote by Diane Ravitch

“Accountability measures allow administrators to require the faculty to “teach to the test,” rather than devise the curriculum according to its own judgment. In…

— Benjamin Ginsberg

“[The] overuse and misuse of standardized tests is only the start of the problems with NCLB. NCLB uses these test scores to impose sanctions…

— Stan Karp

I think [testing] has had a profoundly problematic impact on student learning. It must seem to students that their worth as individuals is equivalent…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

As educators and policy makers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment and system…

— Kate Brown

“Personal responsibility is not only undervalued but actually discouraged by the standard classroom model, with its enforced passivity and rigid boundaries of curriculum and…

— Salman Khan

You can't just abandon accountability measures in schools... Educators want that because otherwise they can't identify achievement-gap issues for students.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs.

— John R. Leopold

There is no accountability in the public school system - except for coaches. You know what happens to a losing coach. You fire him.…

— Ross Perot

“Exams do not assess anything significant to the future of children, because no one knows how to assess or measure the key factors to…

— Russell L. Ackoff

Standardised tests cannot capture all, but on the other hand, students who are not capable of doing well on standardised tests are not well-equipped…

— Wendy Kopp

“Nations such as Finland, Canada, Japan, and South Korea spend time and resources improving the skills of their teachers, not selectively firing them in…

— Diane Ravitch

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