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But when they really get pushy, people really get pushy, I say, "I do it because you do it for your kid."
但是當(dāng)他們變得有進(jìn)取心時(shí)，我們就會(huì)變得更有進(jìn)取心，我說：“我這樣做就像你們?yōu)樽约旱膬鹤幼龅脑蛞粯印！?/div>
And you've never read a study from MIT that says giving your kid dance instruction is going to help them do algebra better,
可能你從未看過麻省理工學(xué)院的一份報(bào)告，報(bào)告說教你的小孩舞蹈會(huì)對你孩子的代數(shù)學(xué)習(xí)大有裨益，
but you will give that kid dance instruction,
但你會(huì)教那些孩子舞蹈，
and you will be thrilled that that kid wants to do dance instruction, and it will make your day.
而你也會(huì)很興奮地發(fā)現(xiàn)學(xué)生喜歡學(xué)舞蹈，那這樣子你就會(huì)覺得有點(diǎn)成就感。
And why shouldn't poor kids have the same opportunity? It's the floor for these children.
那為什么窮學(xué)生就不能有相同的機(jī)會(huì)呢？對這幫孩子來說，這是最基本的東西呢。
So here's the other thing. I'm a tester guy. I believe you need data, you need information,
還有，我是一名測試論的支持者。我相信你需要數(shù)據(jù)和信息，
because you work at something, you think it's working, and you find out it's not working.
因?yàn)槟憧赡茉谧瞿阏J(rèn)為有用的事，然后你發(fā)現(xiàn)其實(shí)它并沒有多大用處。
I mean, you're educators. You work, you say, you think you've got it, great, no?
我是說，你們是教育工作者。你會(huì)說，我在做事情啊，你認(rèn)為你做了應(yīng)該做的事，不是嗎？
And you find out they didn't get it. But here's the problem with testing.
然后你發(fā)現(xiàn)學(xué)生沒學(xué)到其想要的東西。可是，就算是測試也有很多有待改善的問題。
The testing that we do -- we're going to have our test in New York next week -- is in April.
我們給學(xué)生的考試--比如說，下周紐約州又準(zhǔn)備考試了。現(xiàn)在是四月。
You know when we're going to get the results back?
可你知道我們什么時(shí)候才知道考試結(jié)果嗎？
Maybe July, maybe June. And the results have great data.
可能要等到七月，也可能是六月。
They'll tell you Raheem really struggled, couldn't do two-digit multiplication, so great data,
而考試結(jié)果里面含有大量的數(shù)據(jù)，比如說，他們會(huì)告訴你如Raheen的學(xué)習(xí)有困難，他做不了兩位數(shù)的乘法，
but you're getting it back after school is over.
這數(shù)據(jù)多有價(jià)值啊，可當(dāng)你拿到這些數(shù)據(jù)時(shí)已經(jīng)放暑假了。
And so, what do you do? You go on vacation.
那你怎么會(huì)利用好這些數(shù)據(jù)呢？你都去度假了。
You come back from vacation. Now you've got all of this test data from last year.
等你度假歸來，你拿到這些上學(xué)期的測試數(shù)據(jù)。
You don't look at it. Why would you look at it? You're going to go and teach this year.
你連看都不會(huì)看了。你怎么會(huì)看呢？因?yàn)槟阌忠獪?zhǔn)備新學(xué)期的功課了。
So how much money did we just spend on all of that?
所以，你看我們在這些無謂的事情上浪費(fèi)了多少資金？
Billions and billions of dollars for data that it's too late to use.
那可是成億美元的資金啊，就為那些來得太遲而我們無法使用的所謂數(shù)據(jù)。
I need that data in September. I need that data in November.
我九月需要那些數(shù)據(jù)，我十一月需要那些數(shù)據(jù)。
I need to know you're struggling, and I need to know whether or not what I did corrected that.
我需要知道你學(xué)習(xí)上有什么困難，我需要知道是否我采取的措施能補(bǔ)救學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)上的不足。
I need to know that this week. I don't need to know that at the end of the year when it's too late.
我需要考完試的這周就知道。我不希望在學(xué)年結(jié)束時(shí)才拿到這些數(shù)據(jù)，因?yàn)槟翘t了。
