Re:University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ...
by wildgift on Saturday January 26, 2013 @04:41AM
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I consider this a farce, but U of W isn't a top tier college, so that's OK. It's a good college. They're really devaluing their regular degree by offering a test-based certification.
The future of education isn't in testing. That's not education at all, really. The future is going to be in helping the student to develop a body of work that can be evaluated. There will be testing, but here's what it will be: every bit of work will be recorded, and evaluated. It'll mostly be evaluated by computer programs.
Think about it. If you have a test with 150 questions, how is that really better than, say, 500 homework problems? If you have a few 500 word test essays, how is that better than, say, 5,000 words, with some stats about time taken, revisions, and other information about the body of work?
The future of education isn't in testing. That's not education at all, really. The future is going to be in helping the student to develop a body of work that can be evaluated. There will be testing, but here's what it will be: every bit of work will be recorded, and evaluated. It'll mostly be evaluated by computer programs.
Think about it. If you have a test with 150 questions, how is that really better than, say, 500 homework problems? If you have a few 500 word test essays, how is that better than, say, 5,000 words, with some stats about time taken, revisions, and other information about the body of work?