Who Needs Examinations? A Story of Climbing Ladders and Dodging Snakes |
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Author:
| White, John |
Series title: | Education K-12 Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-78277-107-4 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
Publisher: | Institute of Education Press (IOE Press)
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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School examinations do little to test deep understanding, blight the secondary curriculum, cause students great anxiety, pervert the job of teaching, and favour families who can manipulate admission arrangements. Why do we cling to an institution which may have been all the rage in the 1860s but has been under fire in every generation since?
School examinations do little to test deep understanding, blight the secondary curriculum, cause students great anxiety, pervert the job of teaching, and favour families who can manipulate admission arrangements. Why do we cling to an institution which may have been all the rage in the 1860s but has been under fire in every generation since?