tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332706231179330796.post8918619846557325905..comments2024-03-11T14:32:24.872-07:00Comments on Labour & Employment in Alberta: Low-stakes student testing still has negative effectsBob Barnetsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12164225489620639641noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332706231179330796.post-5594795707757293362014-01-27T06:54:51.597-08:002014-01-27T06:54:51.597-08:00Thanks for an excellent summary and preface to the...Thanks for an excellent summary and preface to the issue. Like you I don't trust the government but, more cynically, I don't really trust any government to do what is best for children's education. Frankly I don't see much in the way of compelling argument for trusting that the education industry can also be trusted completely - the completely meant as a modifying brace to my cynicism. We cannot have children who feel good about themselves but lack basic literacy skills and we can't have skilled but unready for life generations of children. So I welcome this piece and others that can put forward the issue to public consciousness with consequent dialog that informs obviously blended (between humanistic and performance-driven) models of education and ways of assessing it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471848536397468986noreply@blogger.com