[The Guardian] White House acknowledges own role in 'over-testing' of American students as Obama says such evaluations should not be education's 'be-all and end-all'The Obama administration on Saturday called for cuts in standardized tests for school pupils and acknowledged its own contribution to the problem of "over-testing", one of the hottest topics in education policy.
President Obama urged schools to cap standardized testing at 2% of classroom time. He also took responsibility for the federal government's creation of a culture in which testing had become the "be-all and end-all" in pre-college education.
Obama and outgoing education secretary Arne Duncan plan to meet teachers and school officials in the Oval Office on Monday.
"I still have no question that we need to check at least once a year to make sure our kids are on track or identify areas where they need support," Duncan told the New York Times.
Everyone knows the identification of incorrect answers on a test can lead to profiling.