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"Why the Best Teachers Don't Give Tests"

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...