Chance Quote by Edwin Land

It's good to get good marks, but some students take it on their heart when they score less in future. But the average student,…

— Sangram Singh

Scoring well is great, but not at the cost of straining yourself. Students need to know that there is a life beyond these marks.…

— Bhuvan Bam

It's important to underscore that it is not mediocre test scores that have caused the major problems in the U.S. It has been unnecessary…

— Howard Gardner

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

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

Our educational system now teaches every kid the same thing. It's like rubber stamping!

— Nick Nolte

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

Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product…

— Harvey Cushing

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

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

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