About Quote by Ken Robinson

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

The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things…

— Angela Duckworth

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

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

Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to…

— Alfie Kohn

If you could lead through testing, the U.S. would lead the world in all education categories. When are people going to understand you don't…

— Jonathan Kozol

I have not seen that standardised tests make the profession less attractive, though some principals respond to them in a way that drives the…

— Wendy Kopp

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

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

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

“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

As damaging as the obsessive emphasis on testing often proves to be for kids in general, I believe that the effects are still more…

— Jonathan Kozol