I would point out that "repetition" is not all equal. Education has a tendency to front load lots of repetition which creates boredom and disengagement. The spa

I would point out that "repetition" is not all equal. Education has a tendency to front load lots of repetition which creates boredom and disengagement. The spacing of repetition is often poorly done and rarely individualized. Part of what makes "spaced repetition" so effective is that the spacing is customized based on performance and you aren't forced to keep frequently practicing the things you know well and can focus that effort on the things that aren't quite clicking. As testing becomes more standardized, it does a worse job of assisting with the education process and serves only as a measurement tool. Tying funding to standardized test results turns them into a gamifies metric that actively makes education worse. Edit: I believe an important goal of education should be to instill joy in and desire for learning. These are important for the kinds of self directed practice that are key to making progress because we have a some natural sense for what challenges us and what doesn't. This should be supplemented by experts explaining how skills link together and build on top of each so we know how to learn a skill that is currently too hard to practice directly.