Grading Degrades Performance LO17616

Howard Jacobs (hjacobs@gte.net)
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 07:06:03 -0800

Replying to LO17612 --

Joe:

Everyone seems to be against testing -- particularly high-stakes testing
but, until recently few viable alternative existed. Sternberg's recent
book, Successful Intelligence, also makes the distinction between success
on tests and success in life.

--Howard Jacobs

> Last night, my wife and I attended a lecture by the noted and very
> controversial teacher and writer, Herbert Kohl. He's on the circuit
> promoting his most recent book, _The Discipline of Hope_.

Howard Jacobs
Mill Creek, WA
E-Mail: hjacobs@gte.net

"We live in our imaginations, settings more symbolic than concrete."

-- 

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