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– President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways than just exam results. Too much testing makes education boring for kids, he said.
"Too often what we have been doing is using these tests to punish students or to, in some cases, punish schools," the president told students and parents at a town hall hosted by the Univision Spanish-language television network at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, D.C.
Originally posted by gatewaywithin
reply to post by toolstarr
BRILLIANT ! Let's dumb down society even more.
Originally posted by PoorFool
I strongly disagree. I learn quite a lot when I have to study for tests. It also lets me know how I'm doing. But this is college; high school was a different story haha...
Obama.edit on 28-3-2011 by PoorFool because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by cg9113
Originally posted by PoorFool
I strongly disagree. I learn quite a lot when I have to study for tests. It also lets me know how I'm doing. But this is college; high school was a different story haha...
Obama.edit on 28-3-2011 by PoorFool because: (no reason given)
He is talking about standardized tests, not tests in general...
For lawyers who can read, you pay extra
Meanwhile, the prosecutors have gleefully convicted themselves of illiteracy, though "convict" may be the wrong word.
Eric Sussman, a prominent U.S. prosecutor, somehow managed to get through university without ever encountering the word "calumnies." What are they teaching in school?, George Jonas wants to know.
Illiteracy appears to be a matter of pride for lawyers in the Midwest.
Originally posted by PoorFool
Originally posted by PoorFool
He is talking about standardized tests, not tests in general...
Oh, what exactly are standardized tests? Like the state tests and SAT's etc? If so, I agree. In high school we would go through the whole year preparing for the final state test and never actually learned anything.edit on 28-3-2011 by PoorFool because: (no reason given)