Big Standardized Tests are conducted in US in order to assess students’ understanding, knowledge, and capability to get into deeper insight in a particular academic field. Christopher Tienken, Ed.D., an associate professor of Education Administration at Seton Hall University challenged the validity of standardized tests asking what these tests actually measure? Read here what alternative he suggested http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-greene/good-news-we-can-cancel-t_b_13572778.html?section=us_education