Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships

Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by KGIII on Monday August 28, 2017 @07:53PM (#15121120)

There's an excluded middle, in that statement. De-emphasizing the importance may be an option.

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Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by cgmg on Monday August 28, 2017 @08:38PM (#15121310)

Fair point. Let me rephrase the question:

Do you really think reducing standardised tests would improve the education system?

If so, what objective evidence can you provide for this belief?

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Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by closeparen on Monday August 28, 2017 @10:30PM (#15121691)

If you measure it less, you'll have a weaker argument for how the education system is doing!

Your comment is precisely the problem: objective metrics will always support their proponents' arguments for more measurement, while any upsides to a lessened objective grading will be difficult to show because they'll involve subjective assessment or less assessment.

Do not confuse the investigator's convenience in accessing a truth value for the truth value itself.

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Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by andrewem on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @02:22PM (#15126448)

That argument has been made many times and in great detail. See for instance the work of Diane Ravitch, former US Assistant Secretary of Education (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Ravitch)

Edit: she was Assistant Secretary, not Secretary

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