Quotes About Assessment

The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.

La sanción del crítico no es el sentido de la obra, sino el sentido de lo que dice sobre ella.

It is more than a framework for evaluation. It is a framework for motivation and a framework for achievement.

Motivation is in fact the most important result of student-engaged assessment—unless students find reason and inspiration to care about learning and have hope that they can improve, excellence and high achievement will remain the domain of a select group.

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Carnegie had seriously misjudged developments in the ore business.

he would choose them if they weren't? "They know Holly pretty well," he said. "They're good enough." "Moaners and groaners?

We need to triage those six hundred places.

the smart money never bets on the DoD having gotten exactly what it paid for. The

The task is rather to assess whether and to what degree works are Christian in their viewpoint. Christian enthusiasts for literature too often seek to baptize every work of literature that they love.

We miss the effects of randomness in life because when we assess the world, we tend to see what we expect to see. We in effect define degree of talent by degree of success and then reinforce our feelings of causality by noting the correlation. That's why although there is sometimes little difference in ability between a wildly successful person and one who is not as successful, there is usually a big difference in how they are viewed.

It is dangerous to judge ability by short-term results.

When we perform an assessment or measurement, our brains do not rely solely on direct perceptional input. They also integrate other sources of information—such as our expectation.

Our assessment of the world would be quite different if all our judgments could be insulated from expectation and based only on relevant data.           A

Fine gold is recognized when it is tested.

Don't interrupt. I'm going to tell you all your flaws.

I am dying a thousand cruel and unusual deaths as fifty pairs of eyes take me in, size me up like something that should be hanging over a fireplace in a gentleman's den.

Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.

Luke stood up, assessed the water tank next to the tub, and shook his head in good-natured amazement. "What a contraption. Makes a man wonder what they'll invent next, doesn't it?" "I wouldn't know," Charity answered, exasperated and bone weary. "I'm not a man." He laughed. "No, indeed, Mrs. Shardlow, you are pure woman and that is a fact.

I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic.

I would say, compared with the 19th century, compared with most previous history, this is as good or better a society than any which man has ever made. But that doesn't mean it is such a good one.

Look around the table. If you don't see a sucker, get up, because you're the sucker.

You are only as good as the coach thinks you are.

I prefer other people to make judgments about the way I play and to characterize me, rather me describe myself.