https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/My_Pedagogic_Creed

I believe that all questions of the grading of the child and his promotion should be determined by reference to the same standard. Examinations are of use only so far as they test the child's fitness for social life and reveal the place in which he can be of the most service and where he can receive the most help.

Please excuse the gendered language.

Noam Chomsky and Michael Brooks both attended Deweyite schools in their youth. There might be something to it.