Employers need students who can think, not just take standardized tests, according to a story in todays Globe. I often wonder how frustrated innovative teachers must get when forced to follow a strict curriculum and expend so much class time on testing. I imagine most of us had a teacher or were part of a learning experience that has stayed with us, for good or bad, for our entire lives. And, Im betting, that experience did not have anything to do with filling in those ovals. bostonglobe/metro/2014/03/23/mass-schools-require-quick-dramatic-change-report-says/TBTiAvjnvkk38Jk2tHch1K/story.html Yet in one of the more startling findings in the survey of employers — often perceived as enthusiastic supporters of standardized testing — respondents expressed concern that the state’s schools were overemphasizing standardized testing, potentially to the detriment of teaching skills critical for success in the workforce, such as the ability to think critically, communicate, and collaborate.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:43:34 +0000
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