The field needs to assess learning from this point of view. Programs may have further goals, eg., more community participation, job skills, whatever. Please note that the emphasis in the above shifts from teaching to learning. I believe any program that wants to stay credible has to make this switch. Teaching must match our understanding of what is happening in the brain.
Neuropsychology has a lot to say here on the subject of learning.
New knowledge is being published in articles, books, and newspapers. I think it is essential. We taught the way we figured people learned, and we accepted the tests in fairly good spirit. If the learning is sound, my guess is that it will show up as sound in the standardized test, even when the learning is not congruent with this form of assessment.