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In reply to the discussion: This Teacher's Alarming Resignation Letter Shows How Much Schools Have Changed Since You Were A Kid [View all]ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)I'm guessing no and you seem to have turned out to be an educated and aware person.
OK, so i took new math, but we weren't tested by the state to see how we were doing vs. the other states and somehow i made it through graduate school in 3 different disciplines. So, i seem to have turned out ok too.
I think the issue isn't whether new approaches to educating kids should be pursued and utilized when they appear better. I think it's the fascination with testing and pressurizing the system based upon these tests rather than let people who know both the material and how to teach do what they do.
This is a simple minded attempt to absolutely quantitate a dataset that is only maringally quantifiable.
Better education sure is a fine idea. Quetsion is, does the emphasis on testing actually do that?