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Originally posted by baltassoc
I can't speak for Minneapolis, but I went to school in one of the first areas in the country to require passing a standardized test for graduation for high school, and which administered related tests at several other grade levels (although at the younger age there were no negative implications for failure for either the student or the school at that time). Already, then, there was a significant amount of time spent on strategy, especially in the classes attended by the students most likely to be marginal. Even my calculus teacher spent two days on test strategies.
It is possible that as the results of exams have become more critical for both the students and the schools that the pressure to teach in such a way has magically disappeared, but I am sceptical.
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I think teaching to the test, along with prep classes (whether in-school or not) ought to be banned. WTF ever happened to merit?
