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“Here’s how Andreas Schleicher, who directs those PISA tests, puts it: “The best way to find out whether what students have learned at school…

— M. Night Shyamalan

The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money to the…

— John Stossel

By assessing the capabilities and knowledge of students in the highest-performing and most rapidly improving education systems, the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment…

— Jose Angel Gurria

“Students are encouraged to connect with others, and to collaborate and create with them on a global scale. It’s not “do your own work,”…

— Will Richardson

“Assessment must be a conversation, a narrative that enhances students’ understanding of what they know, what they can do, and what needs further work.…

— Starr Sackstein

“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

Well, one of them is annual assessment in grades 3-8. It's integral to the implementation of everything.

— Margaret Spellings

To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give…

— Jennifer Granholm

“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

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