In Defense of Standardized Testing | Stats + Stories Episode 224
The utility of standardized testing is under debate in the US with opponents of their use in K-12 suggesting educators are now being forced to teach to tests. In higher education, there's been a push to abandon the use of standardized tests in admissions processes. But if we throw out standardized tests completely, are we throwing away a tool that still has some value? That's a question framing this episode of Stats and Stories with guest Howard Wainer. Howard Wainer is a statistician and research scientist with a specialization is the use of graphical methods for data analysis and…
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