Some Amazing Instruction
Test scores jumped from the pre-test to the post-test. Great teaching? No: the pre-test asked about the nature of God, and the post-test asked students to count the letters in their own names.
Transcript
"Student scores increased dramatically from the pre-test to the post-test." "Wow! That must have been some amazing instruction in between!" [Pre-test: "What is the nature of God?"] [Post-test: "Please count the letters in your own name."]
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