Russell Coker wrote:
I haven't been following the situation much in Australia. Is it becoming like the US where the pressure to cram for frequent tests uses up all the available time and prevents teaching anything else? Do schools still concentrate on trying to get the sub-standard students to complete the standard curriculum in the standard class (which is never going to work) and ignore the students with an IQ above 100?
There was an interesting interview on 7:30 Report a while back with some guy from one of the northern european states (Finland, I think) talking about how buggered teaching-to-the-test is and how in Finland, teachers have the same level of respect (and pay) as doctors. I can't find the transcript in five minutes, so you'll have to find it yourself.