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JDPriestly

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8. What does a high school diploma mean in your view?

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 01:40 AM

Mar 2013

Is it recognition for trying to pass the tests?

Is it recognition for staying in school for 12 or maybe 13-14 years maximum?

Or does it signify that the student has acquired a certain mastery of a specific group of skills?

Why is it important to have a high school diploma if you can't pass the tests that prove you have the basic skills of a high school graduate?

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Tests matter, or they don't [View all] Recursion Mar 2013 OP

I picked : Pass. I would say: Sometimes tests matter and sometimes teachers can influence them. BlueJazz Mar 2013 #1

A reductionist poll like this deserves some "Pass" votes. Recursion Mar 2013 #2

Tests matter. rrneck Mar 2013 #3

"tests are an evaluation tool, not an objective." Exactly. Very well said. liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #5

+1 cyberswede Mar 2013 #13

your poll is definitely too simplistic liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #4

What does a high school diploma mean in your view? JDPriestly Mar 2013 #8

Tests measure how well a student can remember something. Apophis Mar 2013 #6

I think one of the problems with the way curricula is taught is that it is too cram packed liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #7

Give students tests to evaluate what students know. limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #9

I don't do push polls. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #10

Tests do matter, but the student is the one who has the most control over them. JVS Mar 2013 #11

How can a teacher produce better results? They don't take the test. Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #12