I taught jr high history for many years. As far as testing is concerned, math, reading and science are the only subjects considered worth testing.
About 10 years before I retired, I was told that my role as a history teacher was to devote myself to raising the math and reading scores. Helping the reading scores was easy, to be successful, the kids had to actually read the text. As for math, I’d throw in a question like, “the Wright Brothers first flew in 1903—how long ago was that?” “No, you can’t use a calculator”. Maybe 2/3rds of the 8th graders could do the subtraction.
I ignored the order and fortunately the administrator in question soon left. But I wondered how you were supposed to follow that order in a math or science course.