Testing in Shanghai

In the excerpt "Shangahi Schools' Approach Pushes Students to Top of Tests", author David Barboza explore the academic and intellectual environment of Chinese classrooms. He describes the education system as too dependent on tests. He then continues to discuss how Chinese students tend to deprive themselves of creativity because they are focused on the goal of test success. China is in a quandary because they have a lack of occupations that require creativity, such as entrepreneurs and innovators. To the contrary, the Chinese have higher test scores than the students of the United States. The main questions I pose to you is as follows: Should the U.S. place more weight more on tests in lieu of  assignments and projects? Is it reasonable to give up our creativity for a stronger, more competitive population in the educational world?