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Re: 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 19:03:28 GMT
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In lugnet.general, James J. Trobaugh writes:
> 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:
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> FORGET THE SAT—WHERE’S MY LEGOS?
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> 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."
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> 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
Why doesn't *ANYONE* realize that the "Lego Test" is just *PART* of the
entrance exam thingy???
*sigh*
Jeff
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