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I do want to say, all this standardized testing and the emphasis placed on it is unreal to me. We had things like ASVAB and all that, but other than the SATs & ACTs, we NEVER knew when these kind of tests were coming up...we walked into school, the teachers said "OK, you're going to take a standardized test today" and we took it. To prep us for it would have defeated the entire purpose of what the test was supposed to show.
And even as far as the SAT is concerned, I love ex-Mr 33's story about how he forgot about it till the night before, went in the next morning half awake, and got one of the 3 highest scores in his class.
To make a Greek parallel, the emphasis on standardized testing as opposed to are the kids graduating, can they think critically, what are their grades like etc. is kind of like the sororities putting all the emphasis on achieving quota and total at rush and not looking any further than that to see how many of those women stay involved, terminate etc. The things that are easiest to measure are not the things that count the most.
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It is all 33girl's fault. ~DrPhil
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