Independent thinking squeezed out by a constant focus on boosting league table scores

A survey by ACS International Schools suggests that university admission tutors believe that the need to 'teach to the test' and a constant focus on boosting league table scroes are stifling independent thinking and creativity in A-level teaching. (This was reported in an article in the TES last week, under the headline HE want creativity).

This view is similar to that expressed by Rebecca Front and reported in my last blog entry:

Constant testing leaves little room for independent thought.

Maybe the tide is really beginning to turn, as more and more individuals and organisations realise the importance of promoting real learning.

(The odd thing about the TES article is that it appears to refer to a survey that was published nearly a year ago - I'm not sure why they have waited until now to cover it.)

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