The role of a teacher is not to cover, it's to uncover.

"If the student cannot demonstrate learning or achievement, the student has not failed- we have failed the student."

There's  many reasons why all students don't finish their school work, one would be because the student bus learn and comprehend before they can actually do there work, but when your goofing around and not paying attention how can you learn to get your work done? Another reason could be lack of understanding, or even no learning/teaching has been done.

"The role of  a teacher is not to cover, the role of a teacher is to uncover"

Harry Wong says the correct question to ask is not "what am i going to cover tomorrow"? Its "what are my students to learn, achieve, and accomplish tomorrow?" You see there's  the difference. When you ask what am "I" going to cover, your putting all the work on yourself, but when you ask what are "my students" going to achieve and learn you're giving the students the ability to see what they need to achieve for the day.

"An effective assignment must HAVE STRUCTURE and BE PRECISE!"

The only way to fit text books into learning is when you have short lessons that sates precisely to what the student is to accomplish.

"Objectives are what a student must achieve to accomplish what the teacher states is to be learned, comprehended or mastered"

I believe objectives benefits teachers more than students because when objectives are set. Teachers are able to teach more directly. Your objective must include what you want the students to know before the lesson, assignment or activity begins what they are responsible for learning.

The goal of a test is to find out if the students have accomplished the objectives of the assignment.
Mastery is when they student shows the ability to use what has been comprehended.
Grades are important only to so many students. students care about there grades when they feel like they are mastering that level of education, or activity.

K: Obj: We will identify our five sentences using oranges.
Test question: Which of the five senses do you think we used more effectively?

Testing and standardized testing is well need in our education. They help you see where your students are at in the classroom and also what level they have mastered.

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/107018/chapters/What-Is-the-Teacher's-Job-When-Teaching¢.
http://standardizedtests.procon.o