When Students cheat on exams it's because our School System values grades more than Students value learning.Of course it is not JUST the students cheating on the standardized exams, the teachers have also been caught fudging the numbers or helping students cheat, and in more than a few places.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 14, 2013
The fact is that once you place all of the importance on the educational product (Test scores), rather than the journey (The educational experience itself), you devalue it in a way that makes it seem as if the ends justifies the means.
If all anybody cares about is that the correct boxes are filled in, then HOW they are filled in, and by WHOM, becomes less relevant. And therefore the education itself becomes less relevant as well.
After all what value does a professional test taker have to future employers?
