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The most common critique of the US system is the lack of focus on testing and measurable results. Bureaucrats and teachers unions have fought this push for deca
by hack_edu 14y ago
The most common critique of the US system is the lack of focus on testing and measurable results. Bureaucrats and teachers unions have fought this push for decades and only now has it taken hold. Even if you are right that the American educational system now focuses too much on standardized tests, this focus pales in comparison to almost any other industrialized nation. And even then, this focus on testing is hardly even a decade old.
Speak to a student from China, Japan, the UK, or Ireland and get back to me about focuses on standardized testing.
- msrpotus 14y agoBut from what I've heard, their tests are more focused on demonstrating learning. The standardized tests I took (here in the US) were laughably easy and not always connected to actually learning anything.
- learc83 14y ago>The standardized tests I took (here in the US) were laughably easy and not always connected to actually learning anything. Standardized tests are measured relatively. If you score in the top percentile the test was easy for you, but so long as there is enough variation in scores to classify students into percentiles, the test is hard enough, i.e, if 50% of students answer everything correctly it's too easy, if only 0.1% do then it's hard enough. >But from what I've heard, their tests are more focused on demonstrating learning. Chinese schools are notorious for their emphasis on rote learning, so I'm not sure where you're getting your information on their standardized tests.