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To those who criticize ``teaching to the test,'' Romer responds: That is what flight schools do. Because we take flying seriously.George Will talks with Roy Romer, now superintendent of L.A. schools. Teaching to the test is a problem if the tests are bad. If the tests are good, providing poor schools with discipline is certainly a good thing.The school district's dramatic improvement in elementary school scores is the result of [a list of things, including] — Romer calls this ``the real culture-changer'' — diagnostic measurement every 10 weeks that returns results in 24 hours, revealing what homework is needed, and shaping classroom instruction for each child during the subsequent 10 weeks.I've been a supporter of this in theory, but didn't know someone had put it into practice. It seems to me like something that would be much more difficult than what we conventionally do; I'm glad to hear it sounds practical. |
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