It's never
too early to take a standardized test...
...or too late.
Some thoughts on Education and Testing:
"There is
too much education, especially in American schools." A. Einstein
"Imagination
is more important than knowledge." A. Einstein
"In the case
of standardized tests, not only are the tests themselves disputed but also the
meaning of the results." Prof. Joel Spring
"There is
no agreed-upon standard of knowledge in any academic field--an issue that most test
companies try to avoid." Prof. Joel Spring
"It is nothing
short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely
strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
"What does
it mean to read at grade level? Since 'grade level' is an artificial construct, the idea
that all students should master a given body of knowledge by a particular grade level is also
artificial. But in order for educators and officials to gain professional acceptance, and in order
for the public to accept the use of standardized tests, everyone concerned must act as though
there really were such a uniform body of knowledge." Prof. Joel Spring
"Little substantive
learning takes place in our schools as they are now organized." Adam
Robinson
"Nothing in
education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates." Henry
Adams
"The order
in the world and the universe is as likely to have been caused by a random big bang,
as an explosion in a print shop is likely to produce a complete unabridged dictionary." A.
Einstein
"If the facts
don't fit the theory, change the facts." A. Einstein
"Nothing that
is worth knowing can be taught." Oscar Wilde
"The most
beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." A. Einstein
"We have multiplied
a hundred times our ability to report the events of the day, but at times we
envy our ancestors whose peace was only gently disturbed by the news of their village." Will &
Ariel Durant
"It is not
that schools fail, but that they truly do not have the power to reform society and save
the economic system." Prof. Joel Spring
"For every
person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to learn." W.C. Sellar
"I am always
ready to learn but I do not always like being taught." Winston Churchill
"I believe
in teaching, but I don't believe in going to school." Robert Frost
"The one real
goal of education is to leave a person asking questions." Max Beerhohm
"Education
separates a child from the daily content of life." John Taylor Gatto
"I saw the
angel in the marble and I carved until I set him free." Michaelangelo
"Due to its
emphasis on competition institutional education leaves a large population of losers
damned to the self-concept that they cannot succeed no matter what they have a heart to do."
John Taylor Gatto
"You cannot
teach a person anything; you can only help him find it within himself." Galileo
"I never let
schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain
"Education
is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire." William Butler Yeats
"It is a miracle
that curiosity survives formal education." A. Einstein
"A student
should not be taught more than he can think about." Alfred North Whitehead
"All thought
is a feat of association." Robert Frost
"I am a Bear
of Very Little Brain and long Words Bother me." Winnie the Pooh
"The educational
goal of preparing citizens for participation in a democracy has been replaced
by that of preparing them for employment." Prof. Joel Spring
"Posterity:
You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom.
I hope you will make good use of it." John Quincy Adams
"We have admitted
no substantial change in man's nature during historical times. Everything man
does different is merely new means of achieving old ends." Historians Will & Ariel Durant
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