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Re:North Carolina teacher's resignation letter by seanmcdirmid on Monday October 29, 2012 @07:14PM (#4715065)
In science, no metric is better than a bad misleading metric, definitely.
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Re:North Carolina teacher's resignation letter by Locke1689 on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @02:13PM (#4718626)
It's not science if there's no metric. If your hypothesis can't be falsified there's no scientific method.

I'm not sure what you're advocating, but it seems to be wish-based education.

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Re:North Carolina teacher's resignation letter by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @05:02PM (#4719590)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/why-fa...
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Re:North Carolina teacher's resignation letter by wpietri on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @09:00PM (#4720597)
Do you really think there are only two modes of thought? Pure science and wish fulfillment?

That would explain why you'd cling to cargo-cult science rather than admit that the current use of standardized testing is not scientific in any way.

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