flyingiguana Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/02/16/npr-books-end-of-average "How does what you term "Averagerianism" impact our school system both historically and today? It's so ubiquitous that it's hard to see. We design textbooks to be age-appropriate, but that means, what does the average kid of this age know and can do? Textbooks that are designed for the average will be a pretty bad fit for most kids. Then you think of things like the lockstep, grade-based organization of kids, and you end up sitting in a class for a fixed amount of time and get a one-dimensional rating in the form of a grade, and a one-dimensional standardized assessment. It's everything about the way we test and move kids forward." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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