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Originally Posted by SebC
How do you objectively compare students without standardized tests? Assessments you can have confidence in crucial for university entrance and scholarships and such.
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Perhaps standardized tests in grade 12 are appropriate but the stress that these tests create for teachers and students in grades 3, 6 and 9 are completely inappropriate.
And maybe for the grade 12 level exams, a weighting of 50% is not necessary. I also think post secondary institutions should reconsider entrance procedures.
Really for me it boils down to the fact that we need to move away from these 200-300 teaching models and move into the now. Students should not be compared with each other, there maybe exceptions, it should be about each individual student and what each of those students can achieve.