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Radio Talk show host ranting about LEGO test
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 17:40:47 GMT
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Radio Talk Show host Neal Boortz got on the idea of using LEGO blocks in
place of test. Below is a segment from his web site.
From www.Boortz.com:
FORGET THE SAT—WHERE’S MY LEGOS?
Oh, those troublesome Scholastic Aptitude Tests. Bane of the high-school
athlete. To so-called civil-rights groups, they're just an instrument of The
Man to keep minorities down. Because we all know that questions like, "What
is the area of a triangle?" is just so prejudiced.
There's a change brewing in Denver. Colorado College is trying to attract
more minority and disadvantaged students by dumping the SAT and ACT in favor
of...building with Legos. Testing high school students with Legos, the
administrators claim, helps identify qualities such as initiative,
leadership, and the ability to work in groups. Said Terry Swenson, Colorado
College's dean of admissions, "This puts more emphasis on hard-to-measure
characteristics and less on the standardized tests that frankly have been a
stumbling block for disadvantaged and minority students."
What message is Colorado College sending out? If you're a minority or
"disadvantaged" and your standardized test scores aren't good, then it must
be because the test isn't fair to you. So we'll ignore your inability to
apply knowledge and evaluate your ability to play with Lego blocks instead.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0201c.htm
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James J. Trobaugh james.trobaugh@ngltc.org
North Georgia LEGO Train Club www.ngltc.org
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