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"Instead, the public school system's teachers are trained to assess children in classrooms using independent tests they create themselves. All children receive
by rlpb 14y ago
"Instead, the public school system's teachers are trained to assess children in classrooms using independent tests they create themselves. All children receive a report card at the end of each semester, but these reports are based on individualized grading by each teacher. Periodically, the Ministry of Education tracks national progress by testing a few sample groups across a range of different schools."
Children aren't being taught to pass tests. They're being educated. Teaching quality is maintained using sampling. Could this be the key?
- wildgift 14y ago"Teachers are trained to assess children in classrooms using independent tests they create themselves." So, they do testing. They probably test more often than standardized testing.
- rlpb 14y agoPresumably that testing is catered to the specific children the teachers are teaching, rather than testing that is catered to some kind of national standardized performance metric.
- Djehngo 14y agoNot all testing is equal, it might be worth looking into the following concepts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summative_assessment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summative_assessment Standardised testing tends to be summative, if the teacher is setting his or her own tests then then I would assuming the assessment would be more formative.