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Many American writers fear that standardized testing could be destroying our children. They might be right.
Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:
An interesting dinner conversation consideration: To what effect does standardized testing influence people’s attitudes toward finding ‘the right answer?’ Is this a beneficial outlook to have moving forward? Is there a right answer? If so, then who decides?
I’ll bring the wine….
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Studies show a definite drop in US children’s scores on creativity measures since the increase in standardized testing. We don’t need more data to see we’re creating new problems. And who wants a standardized child anyway?
Good point. Who might benefit from there being standardized children?