Is standardized testing in America for the benefit of students? Or for huge corporations that profit from tests?

In an April 11 blog, Diane Ravitch highly recommended a post by Steven Singer that asks important questions.

School children as young as 8-years-old are forced to take a battery of standardized tests in public schools. Would educators prescribe such assessments if it were up to them? Would parents demand children be treated this way if they were consulted? Or is this just a corporate scam perpetrated by our government for the sole benefit of a particular industry that funnels […]