TBH, I wouldn't mind the testing, testing, testing so much if they DID something with it other than turn it into state / federal offices as a requirement. Testing isn't a bad thing if you use it to actually further the education of the student with feedback and follow up. A GOOD test teaches in the process of analyzing what a student has learned and a good teacher knows how to analyze the tests to improve their own teaching as well as the student's understanding. Unfortunately, that's not what happens with the majority of testing these days and they're not written well enough to teach in the process of testing.
