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Stephen Downes

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This article is interesting in its own right, but I found it interesing to reflect on my own attitudes toward the piece after reading that the author had scored a low IQ. And it underlines the main point, that "Testing is compromising the future of many of our able students. Today's testing comes at the expense of validity (strong prediction of future success), equity (ensuring that members of various groups have an equal shot), and common sense in identifying those students who think deeply and reflectively rather than those who are good at answering shallow multiple-choice questions."

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