Have We Stolen A Generation's Independent Thought? by Peter Greene

Have We Stolen A Generation's Independent Thought? by Peter Greene

We are teaching students, literally, not to think, but instead to clear their own thoughts and concentrate on following the path followed by the people who wrote the test questions. We are teaching them that every question has just one right answer, that somebody out there already knows it, and that you go to school to learn to say what those people want you to say. 

Interesting thoughts on high-stakes testing and the effect on students ability to think in original terms.