On Standardized Testing
Big portions of the Internet seem to be going all sturm und drang over this account of the horrific evils of standardized testing. A lot of the drama is from teachers bitching about them, which is… understandable. And there are a lot of rants from parents about various flaws with standardized, one-size-fits-all tests (or at least how they’re used).
And those are probably quite good and important conversations to have, I freely admit. I just kind of think a lot of people are really missing the point.
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