End the use of standardized tests to evaluate school, teacher and student performance.
Why is this important?
As a parent and teacher I have seen the use of standardized tests stifle creativity and problem solving skills by taking over the curriculum in our public schools. Teachers are now spending weeks at a time teaching test taking strategies, drilling kids with rote memorization facts because they know this is how they and their students will be evaluated. Reading and math dominate the curriculum so there is hardly any time for science and social studies. The tests are not a reliable predictor of how smart or talented a student is or how good a teacher is. This must end for the sake of education.
