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There are likely many, many definitions of what "maximizing learning" means. And that drives different approaches to education. Not "whether education should seek to maximize students’ learning."

That could be taken as a fairly naive statement -- there are countless successful examples of non test-driven education out there.

When was this? "Startup" suggests recent, but aloha shirts have been the most common outfit downtown every day of the week (except for maybe lawyers in court) since the nineties at least.

Or are you saying that you were super casual M-Th and put on a collared shirt on Friday?

Really curious where those numbers come from. Do you have a link you can share?

It's not though.

Give ten kids from the same class a self study online course and give another ten a private tutor, and they won't see the same score distribution. Where's the signal there?

SAT results don't have a line item that notes the amount of wealth or privilege that went into preparing.

> Immigrant families eligible for reduced price lunch are able to scrounge up the money for these tests.

Some families can't. Other families aren't aware, or aren't interested. But we judge the kids in the family for that.

That said... I don't know how the _new_ system will work at fighting that privilege -- there are still lots of ways for it to disguise itself. But we have to at least acknowledge the issues with the SAT.

But, to me at least, this goes beyond privilege. This is about diversity of skills and diversity of learner profiles and moving away from linear quantification of potential.

Probably the most common pro-SAT take I see is: "I wouldn't be where I was today without the SAT, so therefore it must be a good thing."

Which is fine.

What _is_ narrow sighted is extending that to "Everyone will benefit from the SAT" and "the system must remain the same because it worked for me".

This article unfortunately drops into the latter category.

Nit: I don't know that it changes the point, but 0.01% of 8B is 800K.

Factually accurate is the lowest bar to clear.

I built one of those Wordle clones that made it into the app store. Built it mostly to see how long it would take me to do it with flutter (it didn't take long). The app doesn't collect any data or connect to the interwebs.

Not really sure how I made it through the review process, but once it got through I was subsequently blocked from updating it, with the same policy cited as the OP.

So now it's up there with a double letter bug, the stock flutter icon, and 80k downloads :)

Side note: I did get a takedown notice, which I was expecting, but it wasn't from the NYT. It was from a company purporting to hold trademarks for lingo for both look and feel and game mechanics. I tried to contact them but nobody has responded, and it actually looks like the trademark was abandoned. Plus, you can't trademark a game mechanic afaik.

The comments on these articles seem to generally come out in favor of standardized testing (specifically the SAT). I find that interesting because college admissions seemingly generalizes to candidate evaluation. And if you were to suggest a standard leetcode test for software engineering job candidates? Man, this place would go up in flames.

> Bikeshedding is...

Frequently statements which start like this also, unintentionally, tend to be great examples of bikeshedding themselves.

Of the two other responses to this thread, one recommends "don't be a jerk" and the other recommends "complain enough".

I wonder if there just isn't a negative feedback loop here (everybody gets helped) so people just assume their way is the most effective.

Is there an appetite for something like an instagram/snap, but closed/paid/private? I'm working on something _similar_ for the education, but I also use it for my extended family. Wouldn't be hard to spin up a group if you're interested (unrulr.com). I'm will@ if you want to chat.

Conversely, would it be different for a 16yo? What about 15yo? Or 12yo?

Those FAQs/Facts are amusing.

> Myth: Law enforcement officers deployed concussion grenades resulting in the grievous injury to a protester’s arm.

> Fact: Law enforcement has at no time used concussion grenades during protest activities. Non-lethal munitions used include: impact sponge rounds, drag stabilizer bean bag rounds, riot control CS (tear gas) canister and water, Taser, and stinger balls, which are small rubber balls and CS gas emitted from the device. It makes a loud noise and emits small rubber balls which are meant to cause people to be startled and therefore disperse. It contains no shrapnel.

Reductio ad absurdum: I would like to own my own [nuclear weapon], please.