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Drawing Distinctions in ‘Teaching to the Test’

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To the Editor:

I always read with interest pieces about teaching to the test ("Teaching With the Test, Not to the Test," Commentary, Aug. 15, 2007). In my college classes in assessment, I always ask, “Should we teach to the test?” and the resounding answer is always, “No!” But I say, “Yes!” If students are to be successful on any test, we had better teach to the test. The real problem is when we teach the test itself.

Samuel K.Weinschenk
Wickenburg, Ariz.

Vol. 27, Issue 2, Page 29

Published in Print: September 5, 2007, as Drawing Distinctions in ‘Teaching to the Test’
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