By opening with a diatribe on standardized tests, and focusing on assessing skills that are inherently difficult to assess, Engel moves the discussion from helping children to condemning our education system
Exactly. The article just comes across as so silly. Take this part:
There are several ways we might measure a child’s disposition to inquire. We can easily record the number of questions the child asks during a given stretch of time.
It's been a while since I've been in a classroom but I would probably jump out the window if every class period each student had to get their average 1.4 questions in to maintain their grade.
It's like the article writer lives in a fantasy world.
Exactly. The article just comes across as so silly. Take this part:
There are several ways we might measure a child’s disposition to inquire. We can easily record the number of questions the child asks during a given stretch of time.
It's been a while since I've been in a classroom but I would probably jump out the window if every class period each student had to get their average 1.4 questions in to maintain their grade.
It's like the article writer lives in a fantasy world.