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In reply to the discussion: Standardized testing originated in the eugenics movement [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)47. I don't think that should be in the hands of teachers. Talk about bias.
Teachers, being human, might have unconscious natural predispositions to assess some higher than others. For example, I read of one study years ago giving teachers written papers by students. Identical papers were turned in with a boy's name, and a girl's name. The ones with boy names generally received higher grades. I'm sure the teachers didn't intentionally grade the papers higher beause they thought a boy wrote them. They just had a built in, unknown, predisposition to think more highly of a boy's work.
Why does a kindergartner need to be tested at all, unless there's a problem? I don't think I was.
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Testing was used by eugenicists to rank & categorize populations in order to distribute benefit and
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#8
You don't seem to understand my reasoning. It has nothing to do with the genetic fallacy.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#36
I prefer to criticise ST because it sucks, not because I like the genetic fallacy. (nt)
Posteritatis
Apr 2012
#32
Of course they are. The impulse to sort, categorize and rank human beings for the purpose of
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#19
The entire impulse for the extension of testing is to do these things. And always was; to rank,
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#25
I may know more about the subject than you imagine. So I am not surprised that you call
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#29
Birth control didn't originate in the eugenics movement. The promotion of birth control for the
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#27