Standardized tests don't accurately represent progress and ability
1. assessment-driven reform;2. standards-based assessment;3. assessment-centered accountability; and4. high-stakes consequences.
1. Tests undervalue the "sensitive interaction between teachers and their students in the complex, social system of the classroom."
2.By imposing standards on students' minds we are, in effect, depriving them of their fundamental intellectual freedom by applying one standard set of knowledge.
3.Standardized tests measure little more than socioeconomic status, and teachers and administrators should not be held responsible for that
4.Decades of research has shown that extrinsic sources of motivation such as stars, stickers and grades actually undermine natural curiosity and a student's enjoyment of learning. Punitive consequences achieve temporary compliance at the cost of demoralizing teachers and students.