Do like they did in an episode of Star Trek and have a computer program teach and then test each student individually at the end of each lesson before they can continue to the next lesson. Rinse and repeat. Remove teachers, period.
I remember having the IOWA tests in grade school and we would take them in the cafeteria....seemed like a reasonable way to measure ones abilities for comprehension in reading and math ? With what I have seen on my nephews math homework is beyond the way I run numbers in my head....the approach they take with children now and talking about things that have nothing to do with the three “R’s” is just beyond me. Morality is taught and observed at home not school.
i went through my years of school before jimmy carter was a whisper in national politics.every state i lived in, and every military establishment i lived on, had their own system. Wisconsin FFA had their hand in it, since farming was the major industry. In Connecticut, and Fairfield County, with all the influence of major corporations and competition with lower NY State counties, all the bases sere tested and ccovered, according to your overall curriculum - college prep, business, trades, or (blech) liberal arts. Massachusetts had a statewide education testing department, per grade, with optional tests in science.
I graduated #126 out of #612, in the first ranked of 5 high schools in town in 1970. I believed I faired well.
Standardized tests do a good job of determining who has a better chance of success. That doesn’t sit well with those who think everyone should get an “A,” no matter how low his/her IQ or effort might be.
Without testing, we end up with COLLEGE graduates who cannot read, write or spell.
Testing should determine whether a student passes or fails a grade. Automatic social promotion has taken its place. Many high school graduates cannot now read their own diplomas.
How does that help young people? They have nothing but a life of crime awaiting them.
The validation of a test is whether it can predict success. Those who test well succeed. Changing the testing process so everyone tests well but a predictable proportion then fail academically accomplishes nothing. In fact, faulty tests just set people up to fail. Affirmative action admissions prove that and predicts failure quite reliably.