If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.

Merit pay has failed repeatedly, and it's no surprise. When you base teacher pay on standardized test scores, you won't improve education; you just promote the high-stakes testing craze that's led parents, students and educators to shout 'Enough!' all across the country.

He's got what a coach looks for — he has good grades, and he has good test scores.

Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future.

I think sometimes we overly rely on (test scores), and we think it is the only indicator of a healthy school system, and it's not.

What I've tried to do . . . is create a whole model that got away from test scores and avoided labels like LD (learning disabled) or ADD (attention-deficit disorder), and use a profile of strengths and weaknesses.