{"id":8884,"date":"2025-09-25T07:16:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/?p=8884"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:16:44","slug":"we-need-to-place-less-emphasis-on-tests-and-instead-focus-more-on-mastery-of-the-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/2025\/09\/25\/we-need-to-place-less-emphasis-on-tests-and-instead-focus-more-on-mastery-of-the-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"We need to place less emphasis on tests and instead focus more on mastery of the subject."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I will take this math class in Spring 2026. A student who rated the instructor earned an &#8216;A&#8217; and stated that the test matches the review, with only the numbers changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our education should focus on helping students master topics, rather than just passing tests. It&#8217;s concerning that Generation Z appears less productive in learning, and there are questions about how this will affect their effectiveness in the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to place less emphasis on tests and instead focus more on mastery of the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can we truly measure someone&#8217;s ability, whether it&#8217;s in dancing or academics, giving tests or actual performance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"136\" src=\"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/200-4-512x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8885\" srcset=\"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/200-4-512x136.jpg 512w, http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/200-4-255x68.jpg 255w, http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/200-4-768x203.jpg 768w, http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/200-4.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will take this math class in Spring 2026. A student who rated the instructor earned an &#8216;A&#8217; and stated&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8886,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8884\/revisions\/8886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/76.212.95.197\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}