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Re 1. Standardized tests reminds me of software dev managers who want to track bug counts to measure productivity. There are so many factors to education that
by mrbgty 13y ago
Re 1. Standardized tests reminds me of software dev managers who want to track bug counts to measure productivity.
There are so many factors to education that the result of any standardized test is questionable. Everyone thinks and problem solves differently and what the tests do is encourage teachers to teach students to all think in the same way in order to get the best result on the test. They teach to the test in order to make their own statistics look good so they won't be punished.
- sp332 13y agoAh, I was hoping to avoid this argument. If your students aren't doing well, having a "questionable" measurement is better than nothing.
- Dylan16807 13y agoWhy do you take that as a given? A bad measurement can easily lead to you going further in the wrong direction.
- sp332 13y ago... How do you know you're going in the wrong direction?