What are exams telling us?
Quote: "Everyone - government, teachers, employers - now claims to believe in the importance of lifelong learning. Yet the exam system persists in pretending that intellectual capacity, and quite possibly one's future in the workplace, can be summed up by a few scripts scribbled in the school hall one hot afternoon in early summer. For how long can we go on pretending that introducing more and more tests is the same thing as improving education?"
Comment: Assessment needs to be authentic - it needs to duplicate real life where possible. I'm sure most people can remember a student from high school who had great grades, but failed to translate that into their career. Ideally, people who do well in school/college assessments should do well in their careers - if assessment is aligned with the real world.
Posted by gsiemens at August 18, 2002 10:40 AM