http://www.davidbill.org/archives/17 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:02:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.davidbill.org/archives/17/comment-page-1#comment-33 Don Brown, D.Ed. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:12:29 +0000 http://www.davidbill.org/?p=17#comment-33 Your friend is right. Not only is it an industrial model, it only measures content knowledge in a very narrow range. I would love to discuss assessment and testing with you some time. I believe that relying less on the printed page and more on student "performances" we can really get to know more. Music, Athletics and the military all have used these models successfully for a long time. In our efforts to make testing fast and cheap we have eliminated most of the value for teachers -- and all of the value for students. Your friend is right. Not only is it an industrial model, it only measures content knowledge in a very narrow range. I would love to discuss assessment and testing with you some time. I believe that relying less on the printed page and more on student “performances” we can really get to know more. Music, Athletics and the military all have used these models successfully for a long time. In our efforts to make testing fast and cheap we have eliminated most of the value for teachers — and all of the value for students.

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