I'm a former middle school teacher and I think school needs to drop tests and grades entirely. There is no safe amount of measurement and assessment in school.

I'm a former middle school teacher and I think school needs to drop tests and grades entirely. There is no safe amount of measurement and assessment in school. By design what you measure becomes what gets optimized. You might like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_school_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_school_movement