 Teaching to the test is teaching information and then giving a test about the information at the end of the unit.Typically, these tests aim to make sure that students have memorized a series of procedures, rather than making sure that the students fully understand what they are doing; in other words, these tests are a measure of a student's arbitrary knowledge rather than his or her capacity for logical thinking.Teaching to the test is also frequently used for skill-based learning, like typing or athletics; in this context, teaching to the test is the dominant practice.