CURRICULUM TEACHING VERSUS TEACHING -TO-THE-TEST: TOWARDS AN APPROPRIATE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE IN NIGERIA Suleiman, Bashir; Ogundeji, Oluwatomisin Marvellous;& Bello, Abdullahi Department of Science Education, Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State. Corresponding author: Ogundeji, Oluwatomisin MarvellousEmail: ogundejiom@gmail.com Abstract Nigerian teachers and students, similar to the Americans, are overburdened in this era of high stake and stressing standardized testing. …