Literally no one says test scores should be the sole measurement. There are a variety of factors schools track. The idea of a test obsession is gaslighting meant to take an important measure off the table so the education establishment can ignore the outcomes of *some* students.
"I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. ... The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
FDR Inauguration January 20, 1937
.@NewYorker is just amazing for translating my article into Korean and Japanese, understanding the importance of war memory and responsibility to facts, for Korea-Japan relations going forward. https://t.co/S56d610lKn. Please share. Thank you!