Quotes About Evaluation

Suppose we considered the war itself as a laboratory ?

Whatever we wish to achieve in the future, it must begin by knowing where we are in the present- not where we wish we were, or where we wish others to think we are, but where we are in fact.

You cannot measure opportunities by outcomes.

So the real question remains whether every problem is worth fixing. The answer to that is no.

To do that you have to know exactly what was done, not what wasn't. You didn't do a lot of things on that last lap

think of the blue flame as a convergence of mission and passion founded on a realistic self-assessment of your abilities.

Honestly," he says, "I judge writers on how they write queries. If you're a good writer, you're a good writer." And if not, then not.

How do you pinpoint the beginnings of a cyclone, or measure the fallout of a man's failings?

What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' reading what it really means is that the school intensely focuses on raising state-mandated reading test scores- the kind of reading our students will rarely, if ever, do in adulthood.

WYTIWYG" (pronounced "witty-wig"): What You Test Is What You Get.

I want my students to understand that the ability to evaluate and judge is not a school skill; it is a life skill.

It's a reckoning I'm after.

You can't tell a horse's gait till she's broke.

One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

there are a variety of ways to express intelligence, and that no one scale could ever measure this.

We're reducing the number of high-stakes tests from fifteen to five.

To see the past from the vantage point of the present is to be able to judge the effect of the past on the present.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

The difference between what I think is valuable and what is really valuable creates waste.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth.

People tell me there's a difference in the way people perceive my administration and me. Again, I'm--it may be hard to believe, but I'm on the sidelines. I'm not in the middle of all of that anymore. I hope it's [viewed] kindly.... but I don't know--we're not trying to shape [history]. We're not trying to write the memoir, [or] have the seminar to point out all the wonderful things we did. I mean, I think you'll find out what I did right and what I did wrong. I think history will get it right.

The goals and expectations that people have for me are pretty high, but ... if I were to have to compare their expectations to mine, I would say mine are ten times higher.

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales.

But we had better stop right here