In the UK, the Government can close schools which don't meet their targets for grades. This has increased the tendency for schools to bypass teaching kids how to think and instead just fills them with the facts they need to pass the tests.
The first knock-on effect is that students have greater difficulty in adapting to University where the emphasis is still on knowing how to think and apply that thinking to generating original material.
The second knock-on effect is that pupils who aren't so good at learning by rote are effectively marginalised.
The first knock-on effect is that students have greater difficulty in adapting to University where the emphasis is still on knowing how to think and apply that thinking to generating original material.
The second knock-on effect is that pupils who aren't so good at learning by rote are effectively marginalised.
Sum ergo sum
