Kids are not encouraged to be learners so much as "trained exam-passers," as Julian Barnes put it. Here, for example, is a good account of formulaic templates, cutesy acronyms, and other gimmicks that teach kids to write badly....but score well on tests: https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/the-politics-of-the-paragraph/.

And every example of good scores for mediocrity - or poor scores for impressive thinking - reminds us never to judge kids (or schools) on the basis of standardized tests.