I hate to admit this, but....when I was in school I was a very good student but I hated those standardized tests, and I knew they didn’t count for any of my grades, so I just marked any answer just to get them done.
And amoung the better students, I wasn’t the only one that did so.
These tests prove nothing. Time for another way to calculate learning.
No, let’s keep the tests and give them honestly, then they will mean something. Grades can be a popularity contest or one could grade on a curve in a room full of idiots.