Competence Quote by William Glasser

“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

Test scores aren't perfect, but having a test score for math or reading or other things that we can objectively measure is a meaningful…

— Bill Gates

“Simply including one test (retrieval practice) in a class yields a large improvement in final exam scores, and gains continue to increase as the…

— Peter C. Brown

A teacher will be really satisfied when a backward students scores good marks in the exam rather than a highly talented student scores good…

— My Sir

“If parents back off the pressure and anxiety over grades and achievement and focus on the bigger picture—a love of learning and independent inquiry—grades…

— Jessica Lahey

“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

Teachers assess to test; educators assess to assist learning.

— Dave Carter

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

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

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 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

SAT tests are designed by huge panels of experts in education and psychology who work for years to design tests in which not one…

— Dave Barry