Re:Colleges that ditched admission tests find it harder to f...
by dragonwriter on Saturday October 22, 2022 @03:29PM
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> Make no mistake: our ability to progress as we have in America has depended on the fact that objective metrics cannot easily be gamed.
Objective metrics can easily be gamed, and usually are, at the moment they are chosen. Metrics are almost always imperfect proxies, and the choice of metric is almost always driven by chosing the one that produces the most desirable results to the decision maker that can be sold given the notional purpose.
Objective metrics can easily be gamed, and usually are, at the moment they are chosen. Metrics are almost always imperfect proxies, and the choice of metric is almost always driven by chosing the one that produces the most desirable results to the decision maker that can be sold given the notional purpose.