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JVS

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

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 02:08 AM

Mar 2013

Teachers can provide some test taking tips. They can also present the material that the students need to learn, but ultimately it is the student who has to commit to learning it and retaining it.

Evaluating teachers though their students' test scores is like evaluating cardiologists by examining their patients who may or may not actually listen to him or her.

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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