…my little story about standardized testing. Once upon a time, I took the http://iccp.org C language exam through @excelsiorcoll.
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They reported back to me that I got a 24% score on the exam - slightly below the predicted result of selecting answers randomly.
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Naturally I concluded from this that they used the wrong answer key or some damn thing, since I know C perfectly well and also have good…
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…enough test-taking skills to pass tests on subjects I've never studied.
@ExcelsiorColl's response? They claimed, repeatedly, to have had… -
…their "psychometrics expert" take a look at it, and eeeeverything was fine. No recourse. Result? I signed up for the test again, paid…
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…for it again, took it again, and got a score around 98%. According to
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That gives me an idea of the kind of total fuckup rampant in the standardized testing world and what the level of accountability for it is.
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@chaosprime You are being unfair. Standardized testing is every bit as much of an exact science as feng shui. - 9 more replies
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