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Easy solution: make the tests count for a significant chunk of the students' grades. Or at certain years, require a passing grade on the standardized tests to b
by labster 9y ago
Easy solution: make the tests count for a significant chunk of the students' grades. Or at certain years, require a passing grade on the standardized tests to be promoted to the next grade.
- EpicEng 9y agoYes, boil the entire year down to one or two tests which have been shown to be a poor indicator of knowledge and performance. We'll just start holding back 25% of students. What could go wrong?
- tptacek 9y agoIf we're going to have an enforced one-size fits all national curriculum, we can do better than the one we reverse engineer from some stupid standardized test.
- whipoodle 9y agoBut, why?
- Kluny 9y agoFirst you have to make the case that it's actually a problem. Test scores didn't go up. So what? Is it actually a problem if the scores just stay the same? I mean, they can only get so high before you have to start screwing with the test to get different results. Why not just accept that the same scores year-over-year mean we're pretty much doing fine?
- npunt 9y agoAs is typical, easy solutions are often bad solutions. Teaching to the test would be the first-order effect, and that is a terrible use of class time.
- ashark 9y agoHolding kids back a grade isn't really a thing they do anymore.