Yes, testing does enforce the curriculum. If you don't like the curriculum, that might be bad. I'm curious though: why do you think that, absent testing, teach

Yes, testing does enforce the curriculum. If you don't like the curriculum, that might be bad. I'm curious though: why do you think that, absent testing, teachers would be ignoring the prescribed curriculum and secretly implementing your preferred curriculum instead? If they are not secretly doing this, then without testing teachers wouldn't be doing what you want them to do anyway.