Standardized Quotes

President Obama still places far too much emphasis on relentless testing with standardized exams.

– Jonathan Kozol

The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.

– James Dyson

I read so slow. If I have a script, I’m going to read it five times slower than any other actor, but I’ll be able to tell you everything in it. It kills me that there are standardized tests geared towards just one kind of child.

– Channing Tatum

If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything.

– Brene Brown

Elite private-school educations leave students unprepared for a standardized test with which their public school counterparts are innately familiar.

– Eliot Schrefer

Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses.

– Paul Singer

Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.

– Karan Mahajan

If we are indeed nostalgic for the weight of clock time, it is worth remembering that the standardized time that most of us know has only been around since the mid-nineteenth century. It was invented for the railroads.

– Stacey D’Erasmo

Standardized sizes made inexpensive, off-the-rack garments economically feasible. They gave shoppers a reliable guide to finding clothes in self-service shops.

– Virginia Postrel

As goods become more standardized – and mass production has that effect, standardizing product – the distinguishing factor between one store and another is going to be how skillful stores are in satisfying customers and making it a pleasant experience instead of a hostile experience.

– Stanley Marcus