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Originally Posted by Jaglavak
I am in favor of standardized testing too. It's not enough to say students should be exposed to this or that subject. If they can't answer questions and solve problems in that subject then they don't know it. Standardized testing is a good way to find out if a particular school distict is doing a crappy job of preparing their students.
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No it isn't. It's a horrible way.
It's been the bane of Western world schools for some 25 years now, so it should really be possible to see if anything good has come out of it. So far results are down in most OECD countries as compared to say the 80's. I wouldn't go as far as a saying standardized testing is the reason, but they have certainly contributed to the decline.