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Its easy to train students to perform better on tests by teaching them things orthogonal to the actual material. Further, you can "teach to the test" by giving
by litewulf 18y ago
Its easy to train students to perform better on tests by teaching them things orthogonal to the actual material.
Further, you can "teach to the test" by giving students only classes of problems that will appear on the test and drilling them in that and little else. I imagine that you could end up with lots of functional-illiteracy type issues where students would only be able to do a task in the tightly controlled circumstances that they have been trained on but have difficulty generalizing.
- Retric 18y agoThat depends on the test. A simple multiple choice test covering vary limited subject matter is one option, but we can do better than that. I remember taking a vary comprehensive series of tests when I was !10 years old that included such things as attempting to sound out words that don't exist in English. Granted, the possibility of extremely high quality testing in this country is one thing, I suspect the actual creation of standardized tests in the public school system has become extremely political. PS: I think AP tests are fairly good indicators of their subject matter. Even teachers who "teach to the test" still cover the subject to an acceptable degree.
- chris11 18y agoPretty much any test is teachable. I raised my ACT scores by 3 or 4 points with some studying. Even IQ test are teachable. I believe taking the WAIS IV for a second will invalidate it if taken sooner than six months prior to the first testing date. Wikipedia link on validity:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Validity_(psychometric)#Factors_jeopardizing_validity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Validity_(psychometric)#Factors...