Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Tested to Death? Over the last two decades, test-based school accountability has gone from a largely theoretical concept to a guiding principle. That shift has prompted widespread complaints that teaching to the test has become rampant and the curriculum has become unduly narrow. But do those complaints have real merit? Are students tested too much? And with the proliferation of tests, are students learning less of what they really need? If you could change one thing about the way students are tested, what would it be? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It does seem that students are tested a lot. It would be good to look into the lives of students. While monitoring their progress, see if what they are being tested on has truly made a positive impact on their future studies and activities.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I find this solution useful because I feel that standardized tests may not fully reflect a students abilities or support their plan of action for future studies r activities. Rated On: July 10, 2017 2:53 am Rated By: Cali Pohlman