Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one o…

Alfie Kohn
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Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole. ✨ Alfie Kohn (2004). What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies, p.54, Beacon Press
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