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And what, exactly, do you expect administrators to do? They don't have any actual knowledge and if they do, they absolutely do NOT want to use it, so tests are
by candiodari 3y ago
And what, exactly, do you expect administrators to do? They don't have any actual knowledge and if they do, they absolutely do NOT want to use it, so tests are out. There are now more administrators than teaching staff. We're not far off from having more "social" workers in schools than teachers.
First and foremost, these people want to decide what is equitable. Firstly, without taking actual ability (or "conscientiousness", how much effort kids are willing to put in), and secondly, they're human. They're corrupt.
- throw9away6 3y agoThat’s exactly what I expect. With no ability to differentiate candidates by ability all you can do is chase diversity metrics or look for people that haven’t made any mistakes yet (4.0 vs 3.9 etc)
- kevinpet 3y agoI thought Scott Alexander's take was interesting https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/why-match-school-and-student-rank https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/why-match-school-and-s... and the phrase "laundering privilege" stuck with me. It's like a crypto mixer but for privilege.
- jazzdev 3y agoYeah, that was interesting take... that the actual smart kids are there to make the rich kids look smart.