Title: Students Should Be Tested More, Not Less - The Atlantic
Headings: Students Should Be Tested More, Not Less
Education
Students Should Be Tested More, Not Less
When done right, frequent testing helps people remember information longer.

Content: Testing prevents interference from prior material when learning new material. Testing provides feedback to instructors. Frequent testing encourages students to study
It takes time for a teacher to repeatedly assess, adjust future teaching for knowledge gaps, and assess again. Roediger acknowledges this difficulty, but implores teachers to rise to the challenge. “ Often the best instruction may require teachers to implement the difficult process of using tests to assess performance and then changing the style and content of their teaching on the basis of the outcome of the tests,” he says. In the end, tests may just hold the key to our educational success—as long as educators are willing to commit the time and effort required to design tests that foster learning rather than impede it. It’s time to stop teaching to the test, because if done properly, teaching is the test.