Originally Posted by Madoosa
AS long as parents and teachers keep playing the game it will continue. Take away the players or the big red ball and the game will end.

What would happen if schools refused standardised testing?

The problem is a lot more complicated than just the testing. The tests are often badly written and the governments put too much of the wrong kind of emphasis on the results. But there are other problems, including bad textbooks, teachers who don't know the subject matter, and poorly though-out philosophies underpinning the US education system (e.g. "everyone can go to college" and "everyone can be proficient in every subject at age/grade level.") Our school system has a terrible problem with wishful thinking with respect to that last point.