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-----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 8:19 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Interesting blog post on standardized testing in schools <threadHijack> Fort Monmouth in NJ? </threadHijack> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I took the ACT back in high school and then the SAT's when I was in > basic (They wanted me to go to Fort Monmouth for some officer prep > school)...I scored 24 or 26 on the Act and 1280 on the SAT > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 8:51 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Interesting blog post on standardized testing in schools > > > 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 > > -- > Cameron Childress > -- > p: 678.637.5072 > im: cameroncf > facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cameroncf> | > twitter<http://twitter.com/cameronc> | > google+ <https://profiles.google.com/u/0/117829379451708140 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344311 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
