Because then education ends up being about the damn test instead of developing beings. The goal shouldn’t be passing the test, it should be learning how to learn, plus a good base in general knowledge so that you can apply critical thinking and successfully integrate new knowledge and experiences.
Problem of a poorly designed test and and poorly implemented standard. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. You need to test but designing tests that test the thing you are looking for is EXTREMELY hard. This is also part of the alignment problem with AI. If we had this stuff nailed down it would be nice.
It’s been successfully demonized by teachers unions over the years. While there are limitations, with the medium, it’s far from useless. It can’t fully assess mastery of a subject, but it can determine basic and applied understanding of one. It’s a very simple step to expand from student competency to teacher competency.
Why eliminate standardized testing?
Because then education ends up being about the damn test instead of developing beings. The goal shouldn’t be passing the test, it should be learning how to learn, plus a good base in general knowledge so that you can apply critical thinking and successfully integrate new knowledge and experiences.
It doesn’t promote knowledge, it’s gamed, and it’s used to further discriminate against schools that need funds.
Problem of a poorly designed test and and poorly implemented standard. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. You need to test but designing tests that test the thing you are looking for is EXTREMELY hard. This is also part of the alignment problem with AI. If we had this stuff nailed down it would be nice.
It’s been successfully demonized by teachers unions over the years. While there are limitations, with the medium, it’s far from useless. It can’t fully assess mastery of a subject, but it can determine basic and applied understanding of one. It’s a very simple step to expand from student competency to teacher competency.
Why do teachers not like it, and how are unions part of that issue?