Part of the thinking behind NCLB and similar policies is the focus on measurability/transactionalization. One of underlying ideas is: if something can’t be easily modeled/measured, it’s not to be considered. The corollary to that is that things that are easily measured (test scores, in this case) are piled on, sometimes thoughtlessly.
Part of the thinking behind NCLB and similar policies is the focus on measurability/transactionalization. One of underlying ideas is: if something can’t be easily modeled/measured, it’s not to be considered. The corollary to that is that things that are easily measured (test scores, in this case) are piled on, sometimes thoughtlessly.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-h-green/software-programming-and-_b_69287.html
is a brief, but enlightening article on the subject.