<p>Amen to that. I was rejected from the academically gifted program in elementary school because I didn't score high enough on the test. :eek: I didn't score very well on the EOGs either, for that matter. </p>
<p>One bone I forgot to pick earlier is that teaching to the test isn't well adapted to all styles of teaching. I spent part of my elementary school years in a German immersion school. As a result, our curriculum was a bit different than that covered by the state tests. Fair? No. I spent the second half of elementary school in the Open Program, a hands on learning style. It too is not compatible with teaching to a test, nor is Paideia or Montessori. You can't lump all schools together for a test, because the teaching styles are just too different. If nothing else, I gathered that from my early years.</p>