Even test experts agree that current tests are not perfect. Paul Barton, the has director of Educational Testing Services' (ETs) Policy Information Center, suggested that standardized testing needs to change. Students should take fewer standardized tests. The ones they do take, he says, should tell us what students really know, and how they can use that knowledge in real life. To use standardized tests or not to-the debate continues. Meanwhile, many students' futures are still decided based on their test results.