On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote:

> “If I’d been required to take those two tests when I was a 10th grader, my
> life would almost certainly have been very different. I’d have been told I
> wasn’t ‘college material,’ would probably have believed it, and looked for
> work appropriate for the level of ability that the test said I had.
>

Isn't the SAT longer than 60 math questions?  Did he not take the SAT prior
to College either?

I wonder which is harder, the SAT, or this standardized test?  Not picking
a fight with this question - I really do wonder.

Personally, I hated taking tests all the time in school.  I swear we took
like 3 different standardized tests each year.  I'm pretty good at test
taking, but I still thought it was stupid, particularly the ones where the
teacher stood up at the start and said "don't worry if you do poorly, they
will not effect your grade".

Finally, I will add that excessive testing, and in particular tying that
testing to funding is the single root cause for the entire Atlanta Public
School cheating scandal that happened over the past few years and almost
brought down the entire school system.

-Cameron

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