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Interversity Quotes"I think it's time to ask the Standardistos: Where's the test for compassion? For honesty? For curiosity? For moral commitment? Until they can answer, let's tell them to shut up." —Susan Ohanian (One Size Fits Few: The Folly of Educational Standards) Interversity ProjectsEchoes of Orwell:The purpose of this webforum is to promote a lively discussion among students and faculty alike about George Orwell's 1984 and the parallels or echoes found in today's society. |
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Bloomberg News Investigates Testing Industry
Today the Bloomberg News multimedia communications empire releases an "expose" of the standardized testing industry. Lengthy stories appear on their global newswire at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a59HIzwHdhXY in Bloomberg Markets magazine http://www.bloomberg.com/news/marketsmag/education.pdf and on Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg Radio FairTest, leaders of Assessment Reform Network state groups, and many academic critics of test misuse and overuse are quoted in all these modalities Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing
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