Superintendent Woods is looking for alternatives to state testing
Standardized testing provides neither fair nor helpful evaluation feedback. It requires the ability to answer superficial questions quickly, which prioritizes rote memorization and knee-jerk thinking rather than deep or creative thinking. Instead of holding schools accountable for being places where students learn how to think and and analyze the world around them, standardized testing rewards schools where students are taught to take tests. Georgia’s annual tests, the Georgia Milestones, are also completely unhelpful to the