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what is a fair way to judge the progress of an education? the teachers i worked with before deciding teaching wasn't for me gave their lessons, gave some tests, but freely admitted that none of it mattered because they couldn't hold a student back even if they didn't learn thing all year.
we live in a society where it considered harmful to the child's selfesteem if we hold them back.
the private school my son attends tests the heck out of the kids - not one begi standardized test, but throughout the year scores are tracked. the teachers' income and job security is based upon their ability to teach kids the subject matter. market forces are brutal, but it means that an imcompetent teacher isn't going to spend too many years there.
is that the answer? it works for this school, but would it become just another game at a national level? what can be done to A) give a higher quality education B) not eliminate critical thinking?
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