Is this a new thing? We've had two teachers take this approach, assigning groups of kids to make powerpoint presentations on various topics.

That is fine. However, the teacher then states that the test will cover "the material in the powerpoints." And that material has been, frankly, horrible. It is incomplete, disorganized, and barely coherent in some cases. The teacher does not provide a "real" version of the material from which to study.

But this results in real issues for my 2e kid, because he wants to follow the rules by studying from the powerpoints, but struggles to do so.

This has happened twice just recently and we have not had a chance to discuss this approach with teachers yet. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this.