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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

40 Creative Ways to Assess without Being An Ass – Welcome to the Testing Games

40 Creative Ways to Assess without Being An Ass – Welcome to the Testing Games:

40 Creative Ways to Assess without Being An Ass

Teachers. I beg of you. Don’t let them redefine education.
Here is the definition of the word “assessment”
assessment
See that. An evaluation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone. Example given is perfectly clear:  “a teacher’s assessment”.
But, look at today’s colleges … look at the new definition of assessment:
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Assessment is the process of gathering data?
Says who?
Since when is an evaluation of someone’s nature or ability reduced to the gathering of data? Since when is that OK?
And, since when do we need to hire a company to score our 40 Creative Ways to Assess without Being An Ass – Welcome to the Testing Games: