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Monday, April 23, 2012

BREAKING NEWS!!! FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW STANDARDIZED TESTING FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

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BREAKING NEWS!!! First Look at the New Standardized Testing for College Students

Did ya read David Brooks' column last week in The New York Times? In the immortal words of Carl Spackler, I had to laugh. It just shows how out of touch the people who think they are on the cutting edge of this so called "reform movement" really are. Guess what got me the biggest laugh? Yep you are right.

Brooks, showing is just how smart he thinks he is side suggested,
"One part of the solution is found in three little words: value-added assessments. Colleges have to test more to find out how they’re doing."
Not only is this impractical, (think of how