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Are you suggesting that teachers don’t engage in “teaching to the test” or that they are doing it, but under the mistaken idea that the standardised tests are g
by danieltillett 11y ago
Are you suggesting that teachers don’t engage in “teaching to the test” or that they are doing it, but under the mistaken idea that the standardised tests are gameable?
- yummyfajitas 11y agoI'm suggesting that I don't think "teaching to the test" (defined as things which increase scores but not understanding) is possible on well designed tests, such as the ones I cited. I'm sure teachers might do it if they could (shady people teachers are), but don't see any evidence they can.
- danieltillett 11y agoOK. I certainly agree with you that a good test is not gameable, but the evidence seems to be teachers believe they can game the metric even in CA and TX. This is a problem even if the test is not gameable since the student's time is being wasted. Edit. I have been meaning to mention that I always enjoy your posts Chris even if I don't always agree with you.