> What they most definitely don't do is teach students how to think outside the box, think for themselves, approach problems they haven't encountered before and

> What they most definitely don't do is teach students how to think outside the box, think for themselves, approach problems they haven't encountered before and approach problems nobody has encountered before. OK, but how can this be achieved by examination? This is really not what exams are about and it's a mistake to try and fit those goals into an exam space. Exams are considered unfair if they have an unlimited scope. When I said the SAT gives more flexibility to teach off-syllabus topics compared to other international equivalents, this offers you a space where you can target those blue sky goals. I don't criticise your goals, but exams are never where those goals are reached. So, I suggest we should minimise the concentration on exams. This is something the SAT system does (relatively) successfully - also because it is completed long before the end of high school.