Twitter Book Club: @alfiekohn (2004) What Does It Mean To Be Well Educated? - Two:5

Two: Standards and Testing
5. Beware of the Standards, Not Just the Tests

"the standards are said to be neutral with respect to pedagogy. But this is nonsense." Kohnless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"As Linda McNeil of Rice University has observed, 'Measurable outcomes may be the least significant results of lear... http://tl.gd/9oa11iless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"As Linda McNeil of Rice University has observed, 'Measurable outcomes may be the least significant results of learning.' (That sentence ought to be printed out in 36-point Helvetica, framed, and hung on the wall of every school administrator's office in the country.)"

Measurable outcomes may be the least significant results of learning.

I'll post a picture here of the framed quote once I can convince a school administrator to hang it in their office.

@anderscj check out Deming's 14 principles and 7 deadly diseases of management " Running a company on visibl… (cont) http://deck.ly/~IEO4nless than a minute ago via TweetDeck Favorite Retweet Replypammoran
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"Clearly, it is much easier to quantify the number of times a semicolon has been used correctly in an essay than it... http://tl.gd/9oa2rmless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"'Alignment' isn't about improvement; it's about conformity." Kohnless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"Not only politicians but also some assessment experts sometimes forget that doing something well is not the same a... http://tl.gd/9oa75qless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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