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May 21, 2021

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The Pioneer research paper as an authentic assessment of key competencies

May 21, 2021ByYu DanNews, Research opportunties for high school students, Research programs

In recent years, there has been significant debate over the role that exams should play in education. While some believe that test scores provide a useful metric to compare students from different backgrounds, critics have pointed out issues with an overreliance on exams, from the ineffectiveness of standardized tests at measuring student performance① to the...

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