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Originally Posted by Cherie
If these tests are so stupid and should be ignored why are they carried out, publicised etc, you could argue most tests are stupid as teachers cram students in what they know is most likely to come up in exams rather than what is on the curriculum, so most exams are skewed in one way or another, and the water is muddied further by retakes, also exams differ between country to country, you could argue the PISA test is the same test taken by all so is more valid?
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1. You changing your avatar is confusing
2. I think they should absolutely be abolished. Or at least open to other age groups. You cant compare a stressed-with-exams-and-coursework 15 year old brit to a Singaporean that has fewer exams, obviously results will always be inconclusive there.
3. Other factors such as language barriers, the schools chosen at random etc are also detracting from its findings
Its just a bizarre thing to put schoolkids through, no conclusions should be made. Literally nobody is making conclusions either apart from Jaxie lol. Nicola has literally never mentioned pisa lol.