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These articles by Dr. Cope and Dr. Kalantzis are extremely relevant for anyone in the education field. these two works hit home for me in my role as a high school educator. The first article titled Education 2.0: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Test was my favorite article of the list given in the admin update for this topic. In one section of the work, Dr. Cope discusses “what is wrong with tests”. I can relate to many of the points brought up by Dr. Cope in this section has given countless tests, moderated the SAT and ACT countless times. In addition I have my experience as a student, which involved test taking as well. I too would tally my vote to any memorandum that would abolish the test. Unfortunately, I am not sure many of my fellow educators would do the same.

This quote from the first article sums up my thoughts on the absurdity of many tests:

the test is the primary measure of educational outcomes, learner knowledge and progress, and teacher, school and system effectiveness. Tests also influence curriculum, the tail wagging the proverbial dog. Students are now doing tests online—but as knowledge artifacts they have changed little; they are still mostly the standardized, select response, right and-wrong answer tests invented over a century ago

As a final example of the anxiety brought on by tests, I have a personal story I often tell my students near the end of their senior year. The moral of the story is to take extra time now to study for the ACT/SAT because the format and methods are out there to do so these days. If they plan to go to college, I tell them to prepare and also to retake it for even a few points difference. As I tell them, this is critical to get thousands of more dollars in scholarships. If this is the best the education system can do for college entrance, I can keep telling my end of year life lessons to students. However, each year as I tell the story to help students get informed of what is at stake, I become more jaded on the idea that tests are helping our democracy flourish in any visible way.

Until more in the world are on bord with Dr. Cope's ideas on artificial intelligence, here is a link of alterntive test giving strategies:

https://teaching.berkeley.edu/resources/course-design-guide/design-effective-assessments/alternatives-traditional-testing

Cope, B., & Kalantzis, M. (2019). Education 2.0: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Test. Beijing International Review of Education, 1(2-3), 528–543. https://doi.org/10.1163/25902539-00102009

Cope, B., & Kalantzis, M. (2020). Futures for Research in Education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1–8. https://do

https://teaching.berkeley.edu/resources/course-design-guide/design-effective-assessments/alternatives-traditional-testing