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You can make the tests as easy or as hard as you like and still prevent teaching to the test. The pass/fail rate is a function of the effectiveness of the teach
by danieltillett 11y ago
You can make the tests as easy or as hard as you like and still prevent teaching to the test. The pass/fail rate is a function of the effectiveness of the teaching and the difficulty of the exam. If the fail rate is above the politically acceptable rate then make the test easier, just don’t make the test gameable.
- SilasX 11y agoI'm sure the teachers would already prefer a quicker way of teaching that also conveys a more general understand and enables the students to pass the test. But if they already knew this method and could implement it, they would already be doing it.
- danieltillett 11y agoThe problem is the teachers don’t control the test difficulty so they are left with gaming. There is no quick way of really teaching. Teaching well is a really hard problem that many think is easy. It is not.
- SilasX 11y agoYou're saying the tests are too difficult? Have you looked at them?
- danieltillett 11y agoNo I am not saying the tests are too difficult, but I am saying that if the failure rate is politically too high then the way to solve this by making the tests easier rather than making the tests gameable. Of course the best solution is to improve the quality of teaching, but this is a much harder problem.