Here are six examples of states, school districts and schools across the country that use authentic assessment to some degree. Tests are a set-up for failure. No political body will permit a test that everyone can pass. Tests unfairly disadvantage the life-chances of poor and minority students. Zip codes can predict test scores.
Tests bring stress and fear into students' learning lives.
People don't learn higher kinds of thinking when they're stressed and fearful. Schools spend time raising test scores, not providing students with rich experiences about complicated topics. Tests cost millions that could be spent on teachers, books, supplies, technology, and buildings.