Americans say testing is not important when evaluating schools.
Standardized tests rank dead last when it comes to evaluating a school's effectiveness, according to a PDK/Gallup poll released this month.
The poll shows respondents rated students' engagement with classwork and their level of hope about their future as the top two indicators of a school's success. About eight in 10 Americans said those two markers were the most important measure.
Factors such as graduates attending college and getting a job after high school were not as important, the poll found. Testing was the last measure most people considered important when judging schools, the poll said.
Read more results from the poll here.
