<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>For your info; this is a good article on measurment and assesment . <HR id=zwchr> This month's cover story: <IMG alt="By the numbers" align=left src="cid:part1.08050402.03070500@teachers.net" width=70 height=45>Schooling Beyond Measure by Alfie Kohn I’m not denying that there’s a place for quantification. Rather, I’m pointing out that it doesn’t always seem to know its place. If the question is “How tall is he?”, “six-foot-two” is a more useful answer than “pretty damn tall.” But what if the question were “Is that a good city to live in?” or “How does she feel about her sister?” or “Would you rather have your child in this teacher’s classroom or that one’s?” The habit of looking for numerical answers to just about any question can probably be traced back to overlapping academic traditions like behaviorism and scientism (the belief that all true knowledge is scientific), as well as the arrogance of economists or statisticians who think their methods can be applied to everything in life. The resulting over-reliance on numbers is, ironically, based more on faith than on reason. And the results can be disturbing. [<A href="http://teachers.net/gazette/wordpress/alfie-kohn/schooling-beyond-measure/" target=_blank>Read the rest.</A>] <BIG> </BIG><BIG>Thank you for your attention to everything on our pages</BIG><BIG>! </BIG> <A href="http://teachers.net/gazette/wordpress/teachers-net-community/pumpkin-spice-puppy-chow-snack-for-humans" target=_blank>Pumpkin Spice "Puppy Chow" Snack for Humans</A> You are receiving this message as a subscriber to a Teachers.Net mailring. The mailring subsription page is <A href="http://teachers.netmailrings/" target=_blank>here</A>. -- <DIV> </DIV></div></body></html>