Educational Psychology / Unit 12 EDP 1150 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Teaching to the Test
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The idea
High-stakes testing can narrow the curriculum toward tested subjects and invite excessive test preparation, even though background knowledge, built by a broad curriculum, drives reading comprehension.
In practice
A school cuts science and art to add test-prep reading drills.
Where people slip
Reading tests measure knowledge of the world as well as reading skill.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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