China: Flipping Standardized Testing on its Ear
Who Woulda Thunk?
Yong Zhao, presidential chair and associate dean for global education in the College of Education at the University of Oregon, is one of our favorite outspoken critics of standardized testing overkill here in the U.S. One of the first stories in The Daily Riff in December 2009 was The Chinese Curse: Is America Next? which featured a review of Zhao's book, Catching Up or Leading the Way.
Fast Forward to almost FOUR years later and Zhao reports today via Edweek:
Who Woulda Thunk?
by C.J. Westerberg
Yong Zhao, presidential chair and associate dean for global education in the College of Education at the University of Oregon, is one of our favorite outspoken critics of standardized testing overkill here in the U.S. One of the first stories in The Daily Riff in December 2009 was The Chinese Curse: Is America Next? which featured a review of Zhao's book, Catching Up or Leading the Way.Fast Forward to almost FOUR years later and Zhao reports today via Edweek:
The Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) is getting ready for another round of measures to lessen the academic burden of its students. The MOE has last month ended its second attempt to solicit public commentaries on its 10 Measures to