Assessing students

I believe that all the procedures should be geared toward the children. By this I mean, all assessments should be for the good of the child in some way. That may be what the child knows/doesn't know, abilities, skills, curriculum, etc. The main focus should be on the child and I feel over the past few years that this idea has gone away. More and more the focus is on the amount of money the district will get or the consequences for the teacher. I do understand that money is an important factor when operating a school, but I don't think it should be the main focus. This change in focus puts a great amount of stress on children, teachers, faculty, etc. School should be a comfortable setting geared toward bettering the children. Hopefully this can be altered in the future.