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2. I am confused. Fairtest thinks that standardized testing is not a good tool to assess and uses

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2015, 07:48 AM

Sep 2015

standardized testing to make its point. I agree with the major point about standardized testing being a bad to to assess skills and leading to teaching to the test, but using a drop in the SAT to make that point is weird.

http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional

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