[NLA] "Objective Testing" is an oxymoron

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Has anyone checked out this resource and thought about it in terms of adult 
ed?     

OVERCOMING AMERICA'S OBSESSION WITH STANDARDIZED TESTS
According to Ron Wolk, “The foolish emphasis we put on testing is
expensive, unnecessary, and probably harmful to millions of children.” In
this brash analysis, Wolk writes that standardized tests have too many
deficiencies to be the determining factor in assessing student
achievement. He believes the most egregious flaw is that they don't
address the qualities that most parents want their children to have --
such as the skills and attitudes needed to continue learning on their own
and to be good citizens, productive workers, and fulfilled human beings.
Wolk is the chair of Editorial Projects in Education and is a Public
Education Network board member.
http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/tmstory.cfm?slug=07persp.h13



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