Standardized Tests Cannot Measure Skill
because they are designed to be boring
10 min readDec 22, 2018
In being boring, standardized tests do not clearly measure what they intend to. It’s a design flaw, and while not fatal to everyone, it is fatal to enough students that it means the tests don’t accomplish their job with nearly the accuracy we need. In fact, for many students, standardized tests actually create the impression of…