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> The desire to have quantitative, objective measurements to "hold teachers accountable" or "get rid of the lazy teachers who have tenure" has had a very unexpe

> The desire to have quantitative, objective measurements to "hold teachers accountable" or "get rid of the lazy teachers who have tenure" has had a very unexpected side effect The problem is that when you don’t hold students accountable you end up in a situation where China outcompetes the United States in education and pulls ahead economically. China actually does have strict standards and they aren’t worried about hurting some feelings when a kid fails a math test. You could make the argument quantitative measurements aren’t important in social sciences and gender studies, but fields like physics, engineering, and math they are extremely important and aren’t forgiving when people try to take shortcuts.

squigz 2y ago
Taking your first point at face value, why is this a problem, exactly?
rhelz 2y ago
> aren’t important in social sciences and gender studies Your education has failed to properly educate you about social science and gender studies :-) I think you should be held accountable! :-) I was actually compiling about a lack of accountability. Home school teachers are not held as accountable as public school teachers. For better or for worse. Having more discretion allows home school teachers to use some very effective, bottom up techniques, which work very well for some children. By the same token, if it is not working for their children, nobody holds them accountable.