If they are credibly objective... which is the rub. We don’t need to be bowing to airy fairy Common Core criteria.
If it is something that will compare our students from region to region, or against other countries’ students, then let’s do it. Grade inflation is rampant (and I’m not talking about the outright cheating by teachers); why do you think this happens? They are hiding the truth while here in NJ, public school teachers are our upper middle class.