So the government of Alberta has announced that it is pleased with the improvement in Diploma Exam results but that critical thinking skills remains a concern.
Wow - who could have predicted that elimination of all of the written response exams in math, physics, chemistry and biology would have resulted in an increase in exam scores but a decrease in critical thinking skills?
I would think that pretty much every person who has ever been trained in teaching and anyone who has a degree in any of these subject areas could have predicted that result. In fact anybody who took one of these courses in school most likely could have predicted that. So about 90% of the population probably would have foreseen that outcome, but the Minister of Education apparently is confused.
“Standardized testing can easily identify trends, but it can’t determine why a specific result is going up or down.”
No ... but sometimes common sense can identify a really obvious correlation. Perhaps it is time for Minister Hancock to speak to teachers and ask them. I am sure there are more then a few that would be capable of explaining it to him in simpler language so that he could understand.
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