Jay Honeck wrote:

We want to be the best test takers in the world!

You know, everyone makes fun of this -- but what other option is there?
How else can you measure the overall success of an educational system than
by using standardized tests?

Everyone hates 'em -- but no one has come up with a viable alternative for
measuring what someone has learned.

No easy answers that's for sure. What I really object to is the emphasis
placed on these standardized tests. It seems they are the sole determinant
and they are too unreliable to be given so much weight.


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Frank....H