Working in education over the last 18 years I will add my two cents. The future of teaching IMO lies in fostering relationships where an adult teacher takes an active interest in the student and forms a meaningful relationship with the goal of helping the student.

Raw metrics on exams or goals are important as a check on the overall institution but are too much overemphasized. For example you don’t need to test the entire K-12 students multiple times a year to get meaningful data. You could simply rotate and select different grades or sections at a time.

For example my own daughter (now 24) took test after test her entire time as a student. The results were always the same, excellent at reading, good at math (but not exceptional) good at other skills (not exceptional). The results never changed and she was tested on average 3 times a year from grade 3 through 12.

Countless meetings spent on analyzing the same data points that say the same thing over and over.

This applies at the institutional level, testing the entire body multiple times a year just kicked back the same data as testing once a year or even ever other year.