Uncle Hank
31st March 2011, 22:29
I was recently subject to standard intelligence quotient testing as well as various psychological examinations. I can hardly explain adequately the experience itself, but I read the exam report; and it was utter bullshit. This is not some vendetta I came up with after reading the report, I had been aware for a relatively long time of the inaccuracies and pitfalls of standardized testing in all forms, but only to an extent.
This being said I would like to hear from my comrades about what they gather to be the purpose of standardized testing as well as the outcomes. I am by no means overly sure of the nature of these things; and I am not of any group who would be discriminated against in the broad sense, but in the bigger picture I sense that standardized testing is just that, a way to exclude certain humans from being able to do certain things, or hold certain positions, etc. I feel as though I could say much more, but I don't generally find myself to be that bold or overconfident in areas where I lack nearly all expertise.
The question is, what does standardized testing do to promote discrimination in any form, and how does it accomplish these things? Again, I am not completely clueless, I just am quite curious as to what my comrades have to say and what experiences they have to share.
This being said I would like to hear from my comrades about what they gather to be the purpose of standardized testing as well as the outcomes. I am by no means overly sure of the nature of these things; and I am not of any group who would be discriminated against in the broad sense, but in the bigger picture I sense that standardized testing is just that, a way to exclude certain humans from being able to do certain things, or hold certain positions, etc. I feel as though I could say much more, but I don't generally find myself to be that bold or overconfident in areas where I lack nearly all expertise.
The question is, what does standardized testing do to promote discrimination in any form, and how does it accomplish these things? Again, I am not completely clueless, I just am quite curious as to what my comrades have to say and what experiences they have to share.