My two favorite metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of teaching are whether the students can teach other students, and whether they can create something ne

My two favorite metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of teaching are whether the students can teach other students, and whether they can create something new to share. They are very simple metrics which completely disregard test scores, a metric I reject. Gatto has some good things to say about this. So does Neil Postman, in his book "Technopoly."