tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post8837467558120977754..comments2024-03-12T09:16:40.228-04:00Comments on Dyspeptic Mutterings: The Zero Rs.DPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-64357612761287336392021-08-21T15:15:30.425-04:002021-08-21T15:15:30.425-04:00Interesting, but I thought this was about the usel...Interesting, but I thought this was about the uselessness of standardized testing, which has been under consideration at least since I was in college. Seems to me that if you got A's in all four years of required English in Oregon, you might have a good shot as a student of writing. I think school transcripts, and letters of recommendation are likely enough for adolescents. Honestly, though:Todd Flowerdayhttps://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-34976384744445828802021-08-21T06:41:37.538-04:002021-08-21T06:41:37.538-04:00And another:
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/...And another:<br /><br />https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/nevada-judge-strikes-down-immigration-law-aimed-at-illegal-re-entry-2423144/<br /><br /><br />Worst political class in history.Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-28968527371494482832021-08-21T06:40:25.117-04:002021-08-21T06:40:25.117-04:00And another reductio ad absurdam of 'disparate...And another reductio ad absurdam of 'disparate impact' reasoning:<br /><br />https://www.fox47news.com/neighborhoods/downtown-old-town-reo-town/ingham-county-prosecutor-receives-support-and-backlash-for-policies-meant-to-ease-racial-disparitiesArt Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-75185173773362784562021-08-21T01:09:37.345-04:002021-08-21T01:09:37.345-04:00School, not always. But schooling, in any setting,...School, not always. But schooling, in any setting, is a part of growth<br />Todd Flowerdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10803336311192004287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-24170542444871234312021-08-20T18:33:46.084-04:002021-08-20T18:33:46.084-04:00On the other hand, testing isn't real world st...<i>On the other hand, testing isn't real world stuff. </i><br /><br />Neither is school in general Todd. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-17008246096579996402021-08-20T09:05:13.283-04:002021-08-20T09:05:13.283-04:00Art, maybe. On the other hand, testing isn't r...Art, maybe. On the other hand, testing isn't real world stuff. Grades earned in class work, essays, and yes, information spouting tests is important. Personally, I found oral exams challenging, but they helped me to express in person to my board my competence in my field. In most jobs there is some kind of relationship, not necessarily patron-client. But that's where effectiveness is bestTodd Flowerdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10803336311192004287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-68802501710928128462021-08-19T09:25:43.724-04:002021-08-19T09:25:43.724-04:00Well, I just don't believe in the efficacy of ...<i>Well, I just don't believe in the efficacy of standardized testing. </i><br /><br />What you gonna do to evaluate mastery, use a dowsing rod? <br /><br />The problem with standardized testing as far as these people are concerned is that it is impersonal and does not allow them to build patron-client relationships, which can only be done when standards are kept opaque. <br /><br />Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-74090742351764393052021-08-12T17:11:41.312-04:002021-08-12T17:11:41.312-04:00Well, I just don't believe in the efficacy of ...Well, I just don't believe in the efficacy of standardized testing. Nor do I buy this narrative of liberals dumbing down the US. They certainly know there's a general tilt toward conservativism in people with less education. <br /><br />Still, it would be interesting to delve a little deeper into the story. It doesn't seem to make much difference if an unmotivated learner forgets her Todd Flowerdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10803336311192004287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-63574178439046884822021-08-12T12:52:10.521-04:002021-08-12T12:52:10.521-04:00Honestly, Todd, you don't have to offer sophis...Honestly, Todd, you don't have to offer sophistries in response to every inconvenient datum or bit of embarrassment. Give it a rest.Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-68773526192836135792021-08-12T12:27:29.499-04:002021-08-12T12:27:29.499-04:00A remarkably weak flex, but that confirms there...A remarkably weak flex, but that confirms there's not much to defend here.<br /><br />Your argument would hold a few drops if it were, say, Texas, and not Oregon. But it's not. And if the stated reason wasn't straight from the catechism of the Church of DEI. <br /><br />DEI, Dei--huh. The jealous god bit works better than I thought.<br /><br />And yes, yes, you still have to take the DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-37548425262254528572021-08-12T10:09:50.082-04:002021-08-12T10:09:50.082-04:00Two things here. First, Oregon isn't vanishing...Two things here. First, Oregon isn't vanishing the requirements that you have to take the courses. Maybe its educators aren't giving in to the conservative urge for kids to prove what they've learned. I don't see the difference in an unmotivated student forgetting algebra the day after the test or the day after ninth grade or the day after the standardized test.<br /><br />And Todd Flowerdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10803336311192004287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-54158846168445566902021-08-12T00:50:12.931-04:002021-08-12T00:50:12.931-04:00"We’ve seen this in so many liberal school sy..."We’ve seen this in so many liberal school systems by this point that it’s almost becoming routine ..." <br /><br />Or maybe not. <br /><br />There was that young dude at the AmCon who thinks school is a waste of time and kids need to be put to work. It doesn't look like the American disdain for real education is anything less than across the political spectrum.Todd Flowerdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10803336311192004287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-22387380538588845982021-08-11T09:09:36.749-04:002021-08-11T09:09:36.749-04:00Well said.
Note there is a distinct parallel betw...Well said.<br /><br />Note there is a distinct parallel between what is being done to grades and what is being done to marriage. It is in the interest of the state to promote what is true over what is false; many politicians, on the other hand, do not find this to be in their personal interests or in the interests of their chosen agendas.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843514873861242426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-79116612337424540802021-08-10T12:23:57.061-04:002021-08-10T12:23:57.061-04:00Well, they do not value actual accomplishment, onl...Well, they do not value actual accomplishment, only credentials. Credentials are conferred by persons such as themselves on their clientele. They stoke among the clientele a confusion between indicia of accomplishment and actual accomplishment. The indicia are status-markers and to with-hold the status markers is to disrrespect the clientele (who contain many people who are concerned with Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com