The role of attention in our ability to test well shouldn't be underestimated.
I bet the same children could produce great results with a complete gamified test that used various tricks to pull their attention back to it.
I bet the same children could produce great results with a complete gamified test that used various tricks to pull their attention back to it.
Focus/Attention and patience are the skill that is degrading and proficiency in it is probably the pre-requisite for any successful growth in most other academic skills.
I'd be curious to see if those skills are being explicitly taught in preK and Kindergarten.
My kids play some gamified educational games and loved them.