What to test instead - Ideas - The Boston Globe - 2 views
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A new wave of test designers believe they can measure creativity, problem solving, and collaboration – and that a smarter exam could change education.
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Reengineering tests has become a kind of calling for a group of educators and researchers around the country. With millions of dollars of funding from the federal government, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as from firms like Cisco Systems, Intel, and Microsoft, they have set about rethinking what a test can do, what it can look like, and what qualities it can assess.
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computer simulations, games, and stealth monitoring
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