I believe that a child should be assessed based on their learning. We need to know that they are learning what they need to in order to succeed in this world as an adult. If they are not learning what is needed in school, then we need to make sure that child is provided with that necessary knowledge. The assessment tests that my school district does on the children, is something that every school should do. Every week the children are tested over every subject that they have covered during the week. If they test low then the teacher will find them a tutor to work with so that they can catch up with the rest of the class.
I looked at Somalia to see what they do for their children. In that country, they are just happy that children enroll into school. They have one of the lowest enrollment rates. The children that actually enroll, will be given books and paper and will be taught lessons every day that they show up. Many are refugees from other areas that ran away from the dangerous environments that they once lived in. There are not set assessments that are being done. The educators there concentrate on teaching them the basics of reading and writing.
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/somalia_59551.html
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