He is also the chairman of the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress. There is a solution to many of the criticisms about student testing in America. Tests don't test what is really important. Tests are too easy. Tests are set at minimum levels.
Tests are too hard.
The standards are unrealistically high. Tests are unfair. African-American and Hispanic students fail in large numbers. Tests cause unhealthy anxiety for students. They fear failing a test that could fail them for an entire year of school.