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Professor worries TAKS test breeds ignorant voters

Sculb sumitted ago via http://texasedequity.blogspot.com (Views: 325, Clicks: 1)  View Story

So not only does the constant drilling on facts for the TAKS test limit the time students can spend learning higher thinking skills and the ability to write, but the test may not even be measuring knowledge so much as an ability to glean clues from questions to get the right answers.

1 comments | Tags: educator blog taks test texas opinion | Topic: Blogs BAD >_<

#1 by Sculb posted ago +0 apples bad good
TAKS = Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. Do other states have such a test?
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