Neal Kingston will not sing about where testing needs to go.

That's great, testing needs an earthquake
E C D, and D C M, and Embretson is not afraid
Eye of a hurricane, Markov chains must churn
Testing serves its own needs, must serve learning needs
Instruct embedded tests, grunt, more strength
Learning ladder starts to clatter with a fearsome trajectory
Valid’s looking pallid, represent with stealth games
Higher standards are for hire on a cheating site
Formative assessment in a hurry with the Feds breathing down your neck
State by state, teachers baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped
Look at those low scores, fine, then
Uh¬oh, over-tested, population, common core
But it'll do, test yourself, best yourself
Testing purpose ask why, students and the teachers cry
Tell me your scores are valid and your consequences are right, right
You’re estimated, validated, pub. fight, pub. right
Learning map it, psyched

It's the end of testing as we know it
It's the end of testing as we know it
It's the end of testing as we know it, and I feel fine