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One-answer tests make way for the most bullshit methods of study. If one gets a hold of a study guide for a test, it makes the test so obsolete when it comes to measuring knowledge. Most of education involves memorization; this point is clear, but tests are meant to facilitate the evaluation of one's knowledge application. That's why vocabulary tests and tests that just require one to remember a term are completely useless and serve as salary boosters for teachers. True tests are meant to allow one to apply their knowledge on a subject at hand; this is most easily done with math, but every other subject can do this. It is so much more valuable to have the ability to make educated guesses than it is to remember. For example, instead of asking a blunt and upfront one-answer question for subjects like reading, it should be in an educator's best interest to leave questions open for opinion, as a lot of the content of English is subjective. Obviously, math cannot leave room for opinionated answers, but this doesn't matter, as math tests usually aren't purely based on memory (disregard formula and rule memorization, as tests don't ask one to define formulas or rules). For subjects like history, however, it should be required that students' ability to make inferences is tested. Inferences also incorporate opinion, but because evidence comes into play when discussing history more so than when discussing literature, one's intelligence on the matter (history) can be evaluated better.
I also want to call light upon the issue of standardized tests
It should be obvious that giving the same series of questions to an array of students who learned through different curricula is ineffective. A true evaluation test should be able to adapt to a student's answers (right, wrong, mostly right, mostly wrong, close, or in the middle) to truly gain data on a student's intelligence.
I'm not going to go too in-depth as to my standardized tests are silly, because it's kind of self-explanatory.
One-answer tests make way for the most bullshit methods of study. If one gets a hold of a study guide for a test, it makes the test so obsolete when it comes to measuring knowledge. Most of education involves memorization; this point is clear, but tests are meant to facilitate the evaluation of one's knowledge application. That's why vocabulary tests and tests that just require one to remember a term are completely useless and serve as salary boosters for teachers. True tests are meant to allow one to apply their knowledge on a subject at hand; this is most easily done with math, but every other subject can do this. It is so much more valuable to have the ability to make educated guesses than it is to remember. For example, instead of asking a blunt and upfront one-answer question for subjects like reading, it should be in an educator's best interest to leave questions open for opinion, as a lot of the content of English is subjective. Obviously, math cannot leave room for opinionated answers, but this doesn't matter, as math tests usually aren't purely based on memory (disregard formula and rule memorization, as tests don't ask one to define formulas or rules). For subjects like history, however, it should be required that students' ability to make inferences is tested. Inferences also incorporate opinion, but because evidence comes into play when discussing history more so than when discussing literature, one's intelligence on the matter (history) can be evaluated better.
I also want to call light upon the issue of standardized tests
It should be obvious that giving the same series of questions to an array of students who learned through different curricula is ineffective. A true evaluation test should be able to adapt to a student's answers (right, wrong, mostly right, mostly wrong, close, or in the middle) to truly gain data on a student's intelligence.
I'm not going to go too in-depth as to my standardized tests are silly, because it's kind of self-explanatory.
