Curricula are typically designed for learning, not to guarantee outcomes on standardized tests. "But...we want a way to measure!" Keep thinking that way and y

Curricula are typically designed for learning, not to guarantee outcomes on standardized tests. "But...we want a way to measure!" Keep thinking that way and you'll end up with a test prep industry for fourth grade. Take it from an immigrant who comes from that culture and hopes American schools don't get it any time soon. If you really want to measure progress on history and geography, you have to measure minor intangibles like whether your kid can find their neighborhood on a city map, or can recognize similarities between strategic problems in history and the problems that they face. I at least have not heard of any meaningful attempt to measure minute aspects like this, but would be interesting if there were any.