If there is a change in any of these three areas, learning has occurred. If there is no change in any of these three areas, there has been no learning. Secular education has as its goal changes in knowledge.
Many states require competency tests to pass from one grade to the next.
This is an important role of secular education. We want our doctors, our lawyers, our teachers, and our social workers to know the basic information they need to do a good job. So, learning by changing knowledge is an important goal. Attitude and action changes are not as critical for secular education. While any good teacher will attempt to change attitudes and actions, that is not the primary goal.