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knappador on Feb 21, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Go Ahead, Let Your Kids Fail

Make it twice as hard and require half as many points. Getting 100% at anything signals the end of learning, not the beginning of mastery.

gizmo686 on Feb 22, 2014 [–]

In my high school, tests were used to make sure that we understood enough to move on. Assessments were project/writing based.

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