<p>jhsu,</p>
<p>My point is that the schools should not be teaching to the tests. However, the tests are there to measure a certain level of competence.</p>
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I got an education long before the proliferation of high-stakes testing. People did get educated back in the day. Beefing up the curriculum would help.
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<p>That is the same objective as the tests. I do not see how would you measure whether the new curriculum worked? What is the desired outcome?</p>