What is the Republican view on standardized testing in schools?

There is no single Republican position on standardized testing per se.  The Republican Party is generally opposed to much standardized testing right now, but that is largely because they see it as being mandated by the federal government which is, of course, being led by President Obama.

The current wave of standardized testing was, in fact, started by a Republican.  It was under President George W. Bush that the No Child Left Behind Act was...

There is no single Republican position on standardized testing per se.  The Republican Party is generally opposed to much standardized testing right now, but that is largely because they see it as being mandated by the federal government which is, of course, being led by President Obama.

The current wave of standardized testing was, in fact, started by a Republican.  It was under President George W. Bush that the No Child Left Behind Act was passed.  This law required much more standardized testing than had previously been mandated.  Republicans at the time were largely in favor of this law because they felt it would impose higher standards on public education, which they tend to think is inferior.  To this extent, at least, the Republican position on standardized testing was fairly positive.

However, Republicans have (even before the Obama Administration) traditionally been opposed to having the federal government tell the states what to do.  This made some Republicans (though not many) oppose the NCLB law when it was first passed.  Now, Republicans are uniformly against any federal mandates having to do with education.  They do not want the federal government to require any standardized testing.

We should remember, though, that the Republicans are not necessarily opposed to standardized testing.  Most Republicans would probably welcome standardized tests as long as they were created and administered on a state-by-state basis.  They are really opposed more to federal control than to standardized testing.

Thus, there is no single Republican position on this issue.  The best way to describe their views is that they believe standardized testing is acceptable (and possibly even good) but only if it is run by the states and not the federal government.