[Gabz]

Teachers have been saying there’s too much testing for decades but this story is posed as if it is a new and burgeoning problem that must be addressed.

Thank you.

[rbg81]

Sure. Don’t test the kids. Just take the teacher’s word for it that the kids are learning. [/s]

Standardized, objective testing is necessary to determine if, in fact, the kids are learning. Whether the right stuff is being tested, that is another question.