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They tried the standardized tests thing in Ontario when I was in school, so I guess the 90s. All it led to was teachers teaching to the test.
by na85 7y ago
They tried the standardized tests thing in Ontario when I was in school, so I guess the 90s. All it led to was teachers teaching to the test.
- b_tterc_p 7y agoI thought the AP tests were very good. I took 13 of them. The tests themselves were just good tests of knowledge and skills so teaching to the test meant teaching relevant content. Standardized _aptitude_ tests were always bad because they’re supposed to test basic skills but do so with lots of curveball tricks or specific formats... so teachers taught the specifics of the test
- iamatworknow 7y agoThat was (and I believe still is) the case in New York as well. My teachers would complain about it directly to us students, and the transition from the standardized test scheme to college was kinda bumpy as a result (since the closest thing to a standardized test you could prepare for there were maybe the exams from previous years for that professor).