Standardized testing Quote by Greer Gurland

“Grades are not a valid assessment of learning. Learning, to be validated, must be demonstrated.”

— Charles Schwahn

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

“People who come first in class never get good marks in the report card of Life. After all who asks you your CGPA on…

— Laksh Kishore

“a grade can be regarded only as an inadequate report of an inaccurate judgment by a biased and variable judge of the extent to…

— Alfie Kohn

I abhor grades - if a child does his best, that's all that should be asked.

— Richard Dawson

“Grading doesn’t make my students better writers. Lots of practice coupled with meaningful feedback makes my students better writers.”

— Kelly Gallagher

“But it’s not perfect. The GPA does not reflect the difficulty of the courses that different students may have taken.”

— Charles Wheelan

“This scoring system has no effect on the grade you get in the course, but it seems to make you happier.”

— Richard H. Thaler

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

“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

“Anyone who truly cares about children must be repelled by the insistence on ranking them, rating them, and labeling them. Whatever the tests measure…

— Diane Ravitch

If faculty would relax their emphasis on grades, this might serve not to lower standards but to encourage an orientation toward learning.

— Alfie Kohn