(August 24, 2017 at 5:46 pm)Javaman Wrote: Why oh why are people still so enamored of standardized testing? Why do people still believe such things are necessary to providing and guiding public education?
Standardized testing pretty much runs counter to what we know about educating children. Why does the media have such hard-on for the results of standardized testing?
Step 1 to improving public education: eliminate standardized testing. Then we can move forward.
I agree, now while every child learns differently, I do know that I learned more when I wasn't under pressure to preform like a circus bear. Memorizing things short term isn't the same as actually understanding what you memorize. You retain information longer when you actually understand it instead of simply repeating it.
