Standardized process: standardized people
In 1895 a young man, who has a history of poor grades in school, was rejected in an admission test for Zurich University. Ten years later he created three theories that revolutionized physics and, consequently, changed the way we understand the world. His name: Albert Einstein. So, how the most important scientist of the last 300 years was a bad student in his childhood? He wasn’t a bad student; just the way of teaching and evaluation, based on standard process and tests, didn’t fit with him. It could not measure all his skills. Unfortunately, standardized tests still have been used by our system of education worldwide, in the United States and in Brazil, limiting to just objective aptitudes the knowledge of our students. These have many perverse impacts to the students, such limit their learning, not evaluable the student, and, finally, not prepare the students to the transformation of the world. Not evaluate the students accordingly is the first effect that standardized tests could be, and there are many kinds of these tests as ENEM in Brazil and SAT in United States, or even TOEFL for English proficiency. Standardized tests try to measure the understanding about a subject by a exam of multiple choices or true or false question in a standard way that not evaluate the background, social-economical situation or psychological set of test taker. These tests cannot measure the real knowledge of students, because it is limited to simple questions interested in the objective answer and not in a critical evaluation of the problem. For example, if a child that is very interested in scientific experimental - and know what elements induce a chemistry reaction or how it works in real word, miss a question about science, will demonstrate that he don’t know about that subject. By this evaluation we can’t see the problem as whole, because a wrong question not necessary says that the students is not prepare, but truly means that the question must be review. As says Diane Ravitch, American education policy analyst, “Sometimes, the most brilliant and intelligent students do not shine in standardized test because they do …show more content…
Today, where any information can be easily find at internet and simple tasks are been made by machines, this kind of education of students is unseemly. The skills evaluated by this standardized test are being supplanted by anothers that can integrate this many variables of our current society. We should try to teach a holistic vision of the problem, critical thinking, communication, creativity and collaboration, knowledges that don’t give punctual answers, but give a pathway to search the more adequated response. Without an appropriated education, our children will not have the capacity to understand their position in the world and act with more discernment.
The current standardized tests are a good method for a superficial evaluation of the education, but a terrible way to graded for who teaches and for who learn. Our children are leaving the schools without be aware of how conduct themselves in so complex society, due to the poor learning and bad evaluation. Teaching is not just drop off subjects, but inspiring, motivating, and turning kids in future better citizens. How we will do this with education that doesn’t give future for the children? It’s time to forget the odds and focus in the
In 1895 a young man, who has a history of poor grades in school, was rejected in an admission test for Zurich University. Ten years later he created three theories that revolutionized physics and, consequently, changed the way we understand the world. His name: Albert Einstein. So, how the most important scientist of the last 300 years was a bad student in his childhood? He wasn’t a bad student; just the way of teaching and evaluation, based on standard process and tests, didn’t fit with him. It could not measure all his skills. Unfortunately, standardized tests still have been used by our system of education worldwide, in the United States and in Brazil, limiting to just objective aptitudes the knowledge of our students. These have many perverse impacts to the students, such limit their learning, not evaluable the student, and, finally, not prepare the students to the transformation of the world. Not evaluate the students accordingly is the first effect that standardized tests could be, and there are many kinds of these tests as ENEM in Brazil and SAT in United States, or even TOEFL for English proficiency. Standardized tests try to measure the understanding about a subject by a exam of multiple choices or true or false question in a standard way that not evaluate the background, social-economical situation or psychological set of test taker. These tests cannot measure the real knowledge of students, because it is limited to simple questions interested in the objective answer and not in a critical evaluation of the problem. For example, if a child that is very interested in scientific experimental - and know what elements induce a chemistry reaction or how it works in real word, miss a question about science, will demonstrate that he don’t know about that subject. By this evaluation we can’t see the problem as whole, because a wrong question not necessary says that the students is not prepare, but truly means that the question must be review. As says Diane Ravitch, American education policy analyst, “Sometimes, the most brilliant and intelligent students do not shine in standardized test because they do …show more content…
Today, where any information can be easily find at internet and simple tasks are been made by machines, this kind of education of students is unseemly. The skills evaluated by this standardized test are being supplanted by anothers that can integrate this many variables of our current society. We should try to teach a holistic vision of the problem, critical thinking, communication, creativity and collaboration, knowledges that don’t give punctual answers, but give a pathway to search the more adequated response. Without an appropriated education, our children will not have the capacity to understand their position in the world and act with more discernment.
The current standardized tests are a good method for a superficial evaluation of the education, but a terrible way to graded for who teaches and for who learn. Our children are leaving the schools without be aware of how conduct themselves in so complex society, due to the poor learning and bad evaluation. Teaching is not just drop off subjects, but inspiring, motivating, and turning kids in future better citizens. How we will do this with education that doesn’t give future for the children? It’s time to forget the odds and focus in the