Test scores can be an indicator of what our children are learning in school.
That's fine, if our children are learning what they need to know and, equally important, what they want to know. The problem is that test scores can be an indicator that our children are being taught what they need to know to achieve high test scores. And therein lies the danger. We have to ask ourselves what it is we want our children to achieve in school. If they go on to algebra, geometry and calculus, so much the better.