>> "The testing fetish is a response to generations of kids who can't think taught by teachers who said "we're teaching kids how to think"." > Funny, I thought

>> "The testing fetish is a response to generations of kids who can't think taught by teachers who said "we're teaching kids how to think"." > Funny, I thought it was driven by too many politicians who'd taken management 101 and learned to "measure everything". Do you have a cite? (Honestly wondering). You haven't seen the "Asian kids are doing better" and "schools are failing" stuff? Really? > The easiest way to pass a multiple choice test is to memorize a bunch of crap and not bother thinking. How would "memorize a bunch of crap" work for an algebra test? Unless "crap" means "rules of algebra and how to apply them".... How about three examples of this "learning to think" that can't be measured with a test? (Skill in playing a musical instrument is arguably one, but mostly at the extremes. However, ranking Carlos Santana vs Jeff Beck isn't the problem.) I suspect that your definition of "test" is too limited, which says more about you than it does about testing.