Skill tests evaluate a person’s knowledge of that skill. Standardized testing in theory evaluates a student’s knowledge of the material tested, but in practice teachers often focus more on test-taking strategies in order to boost scores and secure funding. In theory these tests should incentivize learning the material, in practice they incentivize learning to take the test.
We can keep the standardized testing if they unlink the results from school funding. It’s just another weapon that rich (white) people use to keep money from poor (minority) communities.
Skill tests evaluate a person’s knowledge of that skill. Standardized testing in theory evaluates a student’s knowledge of the material tested, but in practice teachers often focus more on test-taking strategies in order to boost scores and secure funding. In theory these tests should incentivize learning the material, in practice they incentivize learning to take the test.
So we should not remove the standardized testing but how the tests are done…?
We can keep the standardized testing if they unlink the results from school funding. It’s just another weapon that rich (white) people use to keep money from poor (minority) communities.
Is that how it’s done in the USA? Insane.