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Simon Brooke
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@ChrisMayLA6 'More testing' does far more (permanent) damage to #ActuallyAutistc children than just 'suck[ing] the joy out of education.'

It's worth noting that places which are actually good at education, like Finland, do no standardised testing AT ALL.

It's child abuse; it should be banned.

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2018/09/10-reasons-why-finlands-education-system-is-the-best-in-the-world/

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

As Bridget Phillipson seeks to increase testing in schools (again) with a new reading test for 13 year olds, as a way of combatting the problems in literacy among school children, which is clearly a serious issue, I'm reminded of the phrase:

'You don't fatten a pig by weighing it'

What is needed is more investment in schools & staff to enhance the environment in which children learn & to help them discover the joy of learning... more testing just sucks the joy out or education!

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Simon Brooke
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@ChrisMayLA6 'More testing' does far more (permanent) damage to #ActuallyAutistc children than just 'suck[ing] the joy out of education.'

It's worth noting that places which are actually good at education, like Finland, do no standardised testing AT ALL.

It's child abuse; it should be banned.

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2018/09/10-reasons-why-finlands-education-system-is-the-best-in-the-world/

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