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testing, benchmarking, ranking, etc. etc.
If you feel uneasy with these buzzwords and you think they do not tell the whole story, you might find interesting the book "Beyond quality ...". Though it refers mainly to early childhood education, its message is much wider.
Some food for thoughts ...In more than 40 years the pre-schools of Reggio have never been evaluating themselves against some easy measurable predefined criteria, nor they have "tested" their children. ...Still they are an example worldwide.