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[โ€“] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Technically also a public education problem, caring more about standardized test scores than checking the student's actual understanding

[โ€“] bcgm3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

As someone who works in public education, I ๐Ÿ’ฏ% agree, but do want to add that it's not the students, parents, teachers, or admins who want that.

Every standardized test we do (and there are a lot of them) is an exhausting and stressful operation that feels more like a distraction from school, rather than an assessment of its efficacy.

The school boards are the policy makers; and at least around here, they're all gunning for local political offices next, if they're not already one-foot-on-the-platform.