Education Quote by Jay Parini

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

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

“a large-scale policy mandating a mono-cultural curriculum – focused on teaching to the job may very well create a society of trained workers; but…

— Henry Doss

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

When teachers are forced to teach to the test, students get bored and genuine education ceases, no matter what the test scores may say……

— Myron Tribus

I am relieved that, in my own teaching, I don't have to moderate between high stake teaching and education for the virtues. If I…

— Howard Gardner

Life teaches us the greatest lessons and gives us the best gifts. We may not have control over all the tests, but you can…

— Allyson Partridge

Teachers assess to test; educators assess to assist learning.

— Dave Carter

The biggest dilemma in education today is the differing visions of what an educated person means. To do well on tests is often more…

— Linda Lantieri

The test of good education is seeing how it behaves in a fight.

— George Bernard Shaw

“In school you are taught a Lesson then given a Test but In Life you are given a Test that teaches you a Lesson”

— Josh Nyash Esir

“Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards. —Anonymous”

— Steven D. Price