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...middle kid in my family. When I was little I wanted to become a housewife. Now I don't know what I want to do in the future. I just graduated from high school though. And I passed the college entrance exam so I'm going to go to a local college. I'm still going to live at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: She's Only a Little Schoolgirl | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

There are inherent standards that should be met by students--all elementary school students should receive a solid foundation in both reading and math. However, standardization often forces teachers to base their curriculum on an upcoming exam. When teachers are restricted to "teaching for the test," students education becomes narrowly focused towards performance on these exams. It is therefore important that the tests, which are not yet written, should stress basic knowledge rather than a set curriculum or SAT-like "test-taking ability." America's teachers need the freedom to teach students using the methods that best fit their particular...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Test Kids, Don't Punish Schools | 3/14/2001 | See Source »

...remember the last time your boss asked you to find the volume of a cylinder? Most of the skills and knowledge we use in our jobs are very different from those tested by traditional college-entrance exams, and those of us who score poorly on those tests will probably do just fine in the work world. So Deborah Bial, a doctoral student in education at Harvard, has developed a three-hour exam that uses group activities, personal interviews and even Lego blocks to identify kids with potential that might be missed by a test like the SAT. "Students who succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alternatives: Here Comes the Lego Test | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...Bial's exam, the Bial-Dale College Adaptability Index, has been nicknamed the Lego Test for a 10-minute portion that asks small groups of students to reproduce a relatively complicated Lego robot. One at a time, students are allowed to go and look at the structure, which is placed in another room, but they can't take notes. In another tested activity, students lead a group discussion on a topic drawn from an envelope. In both cases, observers are watching to see who takes initiative, who collaborates well and who is persistent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alternatives: Here Comes the Lego Test | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

Research on another alternative exam, this one written by Robert Sternberg, a psychologist at Yale, asks students to perform tasks reflecting their creativity and practicality. In one section, students write the caption for a cartoon or design the logo for a company. In another, they are asked how they would handle requesting a letter of recommendation from a teacher or sharing rent payments on an apartment. The test, which will be given to 1,400 students this spring, is being paid for by the College Board, the people behind the SAT. Even they realize, it seems, that some folks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alternatives: Here Comes the Lego Test | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

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