A phenomenon in education typical of the United States, yet doubtless relevant in other countries as well.
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[A] professional organization has the obligation to warn the public that excessive testing dooms children into a curriculum of test prep, and it amounts to claiming you have raised the temperature of the room when all you have done is put a match under the thermometer. ...
In Finland, where children score at the top of international tests in reading, schools don't start teaching literacy skills until children are seven years old.
In Finland, where children score at the top of international tests in reading, schools don't start teaching literacy skills until children are seven years old.
Susan Ohanian
Raise Test Scores or Die
Posted: December 13, 2009
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-ohanian/raise-test-scores-or-die_b_390433.html
Tag: On education
