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Education Rethink: 14 Reasons Multiple Choice Tests Suck #edreform

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A look at multiple choice testing........

 

and the delightful conclusion after many thoughtful reasons to dislike multiple choice testing: 

 

"Trying to push critical thinking and creativity into multiple choice is like trying to put Jesus onto a shallow device like a television. People do it, but they probably shouldn't."

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How Grades Change Conversations About Assessment & Achievement

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I began teaching in 1991 believing myself to be a very progressive grades-based teacher with exquisitely designed marking keys designed to quantitatively assess realms such as punctuation, spelling...

 

Great read!

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