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seeviewonder

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1. I'm not a teacher, but I found that article very interesting.

Reply to YvonneCa (Original post)

Mon Feb 27, 2012, 01:17 AM

Feb 2012

Even as an outsider with several friends who are teachers I can see how much of a pain it is to teach to tests. It isn't important anymore to teach kids lessons that are not on some sort of standardized test. That needs to change.

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The Economist: 'Testing Teaching, Teaching Testing'... [View all] YvonneCa Feb 2012 OP

I'm not a teacher, but I found that article very interesting. seeviewonder Feb 2012 #1

In the middle of my teaching career, I believed that students ought to be able to answer questions. NYC_SKP Feb 2012 #2

Statistics tend to be credited with broad applicability, especially ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #3