I have not had chance to read Death and Life of American Public Education: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education yet. However, I think I get the message by watching the following video, in which Dr. Diane Ravitch gives a talk to Duke University’s education school. If any of the readers think my assumptions about her ideas are misguided given my limited source of information, please—I beg you to point out, as I am super new to issues with American education and also desperate to learn more.