If DVDs and online tests replaced the classroom, a lot of teachers would be rendered superfluous.

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Teachers seeking "board certification" in their specialty must clear a number of hurdles, from subject matter tests to evaluation of classroom performances.

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Education department official Katrina Godfrey said the results of the tests were not collected anywhere outside of the classroom and had been "designed to help pupil, teacher and parent work together to achieve the pupil's full potential".

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Against this realistic backdrop, we must, instead, have the courage to demand the highest possible standards in the classroom, in after-school programs, and on standardized tests.

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So, no surprise that when we incarcerate teenagers of today in traditional classroom settings, they react with predictable disinterest and flunk their literacy tests.

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Brown and Mr. Smith both teach a classroom of third graders who score at the fiftieth percentile on math and reading tests on the first day of school, in September.

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As well as academic tests, there will be questions on how much pupils enjoy their schools and their classroom environment, with the aim of producing a more rounded picture of the quality of education.

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And with them at the front of the classroom and leading our schools, I am absolutely confident that our children are going to be prepared to meet the tests of our time and the tests of the future.

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