Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100422/0944349140/dailydirt-wuzzle-means-to-mix-sculch-is-junk-alate-means-to-have-wings-baloo-is-bear.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100422/0944349140/dailydirt-wuzzle-means-to-mix-sculch-is-junk-alate-means-to-have-wings-baloo-is-bear.shtml

The New York state Education Department recently threw out standardized test questions related to a nonsensical story about talking animals and a sleeveless pineapple. Apparently, a lot of 8th graders were confused about the moral of this story, but the larger lesson might be that standardized tests shouldn't be taken too seriously. [url]

The headmaster of one of NYC's top private schools (Riverdale) doesn't have a high opinion of standardized IQ tests for admissions. "This push on tests ... is missing out on some serious parts of what it means to be a successful human." [url]

In Florida, it looks like 5th graders are getting their answers marked wrong even when they're correct. Science is so subjective these days. [url]

Finnish schools don't administer standardized tests until the last year of high school, but somehow Finnish students seem to do well on the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) exams. Is there something to be learned from the Finnish school system? [url]

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