"In today’s educational climate, with its intense focus on raising standardised test scores, it seems like we have lost sight of nurturing the extensive human potentials of both our students and teachers. There is an ongoing fixation with individualised student-centred approaches, along with drilling basic competencies in reading, writing and maths. Approaches are increasingly narrowed to “teach to the test” to accommodate these high-stakes metrics. The need to develop foundational skills is necessary, although rigid, utilitarian approaches can be ideological and problematic in many ways ."
Reference: Selkrig, M. (2024, Oct,28). Arts Education: We fail our students with so many tests. Edu Research Matters.