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Originally Posted by KSig RC
What does "teaching to the test" even mean?
I'm asking in earnest - I don't know how you can 'teach to the test' for something like history or math. Even in English classes, where these charges pop up most, the rhetorical devices and vocabulary that are the root of these charges are fantastic writing skills on their own right.
How can "teaching to the test" be different from "learning"?
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Teaching to the test can be different from learning when the test aren't lined up well with what you are supposed to teach for any reason.
It can also happen when you are aware that for testing purposes, distinctions are made that most reasonable people wouldn't have emphasized, which at least in Georgia seems to happen a lot.
(Our tests in Georgia are not good ones and they all have big curves, so the little distinctions don't seem to matter too much.)
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