Sentences with phrase «culture of testing»

But they can also foster cultures of test preparation and a narrowing of what's taught in schools.

Speaking at the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) conference, she said: «Time and time again over recent years, young people - and the people who teach them - have spoken out about how a rigorous culture of testing and academic pressure is detrimental to their mental health.

The «no excuses» approach, they say, amounts to a paternalistic culture of test preparation that detracts from real learning and comes at a steep cost to social and emotional health.

But a growing cohort of parents, students and teachers are rebelling against what they consider a toxic culture of testing.

«That's the message sent loud and clear yesterday by thousands of parents across New York who rose up against a top - down, one - size fits all approach to education that focuses on the over-utilization of high stakes Common Core standardized tests and refused to have their children be any part of this culture of testing.»

Indeed Natasha Devon (who is co-founder of the appropriately named Self - Esteem Team) fell out with her government masters when she weighed in to the Kids Strike row by declaring «the culture of testing and academic pressure is detrimental to mental health».

«NYSUT's power, in part, comes from the fact that it has members in every single Senate district in the state, and obviously parents and students and teachers are united in their concerns about the over reliance on testing, the faulty implementation of the Common Core and how the culture of testing, testing and more testing has taken the joy out of teaching and learning,» he said.

If we made the assumptions that teachers are highly trained professionals prepared to make the best decisions about their students» needs, would our culture of testing and teacher evaluation look different?

The culture of testing is not something worth commenting on, simply because we all know it's a problem.

«The «culture of testing» has harmed our students physically and intellectually,» said Zhang, adding that suicides have become common among students worn down by fears of academic failure.

The culture of testing treats reading ability as a broad, generalized skill that is easily measured and assessed.

Solutions to this problem lie in fundamental changes to the nature of the school accountability system and to the culture of testing, not in placing more emphasis on the need for private tuition.

The culture of testing has created an enormous opportunity for profit for those connected with the testing and data industry as well as well - paid professional consultants.

Because of this law, significant power and responsibility has been placed in the hands of state legislatures, many of whom have over-embraced the culture of test and punish.

Despite a policy focus on educating the whole child, China continues to struggle with a culture of testing, placing a premium on academic knowledge to the detriment of a more well - rounded curriculum.

-RRB-, uncovered a pattern of concerns regarding the culture of testing.

And in this culture of test - driven insanity I take solace in When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer:

A report this week from the Center for American Progress called «Testing Overload in America's Schools» tried to provide context to what it calls a «culture of testing.»

- And it concludes: «There is a culture of testing and test preparation in schools that does not put students first.»