Right-- I do understand the checkbox mentality.

I'm just not clear on why it can't be accomplished with pretesting out of summative assessments, rather than forcing the child through curriculum that isn't teaching him anything.

Well, okay, it is teaching him something, actually-- that school is the place that makes you do a lot of things that interefere with authentic learning. LOL.

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.