Just as a fish may not understand the art of climbing a tree, society must begin to understand that if a test requires the fish to know how to climb a tree, it is best that the fish doesn’t pass that test. And that if that fish feels that the test should have been uncultured, so he could pass and get into a situation which requires him to climb a tree, that is just …show more content…
Bracey, PhD, says that standardized tests cannot measure "creativity, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, persistence, curiosity, endurance, reliability, enthusiasm, empathy, self-awareness, self-discipline, leadership, civic-mindedness, courage, compassion, resourcefulness, sense of beauty, sense of wonder, honesty, integrity", however there is no test that could ever measure those things. So it becomes not a question of how well a test can represent an individual, but how well society can see the potential a person hold beyond a test. How a person can see that testing is not the best representation of a person, but instead of the material