STANDARDIZED TESTING

There seem to be too much standardized testing of the student in the USA public school system.  I must say, there is too much standardized testing without any intervention improvement for each student as follow-up to the testing.  The tests seem to be conducted for the sake of data collection only.  There is no improved learning by a student from taking a standardized test.  There seldom exist an individual student improvement plan stemming from the student results on a standardized test.
I shall always remember the words a fellow educator said once concerning too much standardized testing, 'it is like trying to fatten the cow by weighing it every day.'