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There are lots of standardized tests that evaluate students’ math proficiency, and lots of research examining specifically how much math proficiency students ga
by alexhutcheson 7y ago
There are lots of standardized tests that evaluate students’ math proficiency, and lots of research examining specifically how much math proficiency students gain from each year of school. Learning and retention could definitely be improved, but I’ve never seen research that claims it’s as low as it apparently is for foreign languages.
- nicoburns 7y agoStandardised tests are pretty terrible at measuring actual competency. Standardised testing is one of the reasons why the US's school system is so poor. And I say this as someone who generally excels at these kind of arbitrary tests.