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What does a standardized math test or any other timed test really prove about a person's ability to do the job? Some people are just not good test takers. I can pass a math test by guessing correctly. What does that prove? It certainly does not prove that I am mathematically gifted. Standardized exams are given to make money, to reduce the amount of applicants for a job and to discriminate against people with a shaky academic background. What do you say?
I say On 10/29/15, harpazo wrote: > What does a standardized math test or any > other timed test really prove about a > person's ability to do the job? Some people > are just not good test takers. I can pass a > math test by guessing correctly. What does > that prove? It certainly does not prove that > I am mathematically > gifted...See More
Oct 30, 2015
Math Teach Sure..., Harpazzo. If I found the general solution to a second order ODE, it means nothing, as I could have "guessed correctly", right?

And if one is "not a good test taker", due to nerves, etc. what makes you think they can handle a complex math problem in front of twenty screaming kids?

On 10/29/15, harpazo w...See More
Oct 30, 2015
Mrs.Missisippi On 10/30/15, Math Teach wrote: > Sure..., Harpazzo. If I found the general solution to a > second order ODE, it means nothing, as I could have "guessed > correctly", right? > > And if one is "not a good test taker", due to nerves, etc. > what makes you think they can handle a complex math problem > in front ...See More
Jan 29, 2016


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