I stole the title for this post directly from a 2014 blog post by Alfie Kohn ( https://www.alfiekohn.org/blogs/no-tests/ ), who is a writer of many books and articles about education. I was alerted to his website by my Twitter connection to Dr. Stephen Krashen (@skrashen), the well-known explorer of language acquisition theory. Both of their accounts are worth following because they frequently post links to great resources for educators. This particular article touches on a theme that remains a hot topic in educational discussions, and I'm pretty sure we haven't solved the issues it raises. There are a couple of comments I would like to make in response to his article. The first is that I generally agree with his point that there are many effective ways to judge student progress that are not formal tests. I wish I had known more about some of these when I was teaching English in Brazil. I know for a fact that I was unable to pass certain...
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