Monday, March 10, 2008

To Test or Not To Test? Is That The Question?

I'll occasionally put up videos that I don't entirely agree with to spark debate.

Test scores do not measure how successful a child or a nation will be. That's just a simple fact. So, what do test scores measure? Should we put the kind of emphasis on the them that we have done over the last few years?

Many education reformers argue vehemently against using test scores as a way to measure what kids know and what schools (and teachers) do. What should we measure? The nations is far too big to leave it all up to chance. Right? Is there a better way to see if we are getting our taxpayers' moneys worth? So many questions, so little time as we hear the tick, tick, ticking of our own time bomb--about to/go/off.

What do you think?