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I think standardized tests are ideal. Make them very hard and don't be afraid to fail most of your students and have them repeat grades. Testing should not acco
by _8j50 3y ago
I think standardized tests are ideal. Make them very hard and don't be afraid to fail most of your students and have them repeat grades. Testing should not account for anything about a student other than physical disability needs.
The effects of these measures are seen decades after enactment. From what I have observed, the politicization of education and having metrics other than academic tests has gotten so bad, it should be discussed as a matter of national security. Relying on immigrants to fill in the gap and hoping they'll choose to remain in the US(despite societal hostility growing) is not a sustainable strategy.
This is the one area China, India and Russia can run circles around the US easily.
- viraptor 3y ago> other than physical disability needs. And mental, unless you wanted to likely fail many people with various kinds of dyslexia and many other issues. If your actually care only about the test results, there's lots of other adjustments you should be very interested in to enable everyone to have a shot.
- _8j50 3y agoYeah, mental too, so long as it impedes learning. > If your actually care only about the test results, there's lots of other adjustments you should be very interested in to enable everyone to have a shot. Depends. If a child has terrible parents for example, testing shouldn't accomodate for that. Same thing if family income and other issues are a factor. I think you are talking about learning accomodation and that's probably fine but tests should measure ability. I inclided physical disability only because I couldn't think of how mental disability could be accomodated for in a test. But dyslexia is a good one, carefully crafting questions and answers for dyslexic kids makes sense.