Standardized achievement tests are deeply flawed, and test-based accountability has been terribly damaging to public education, the author notes. But even so, it’s impossible for school and district leaders to ignore state test results. Plus, such tests have their uses — as long as we treat the results as a starting point for further assessment, they can help steer us in the right directions.
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