The disease is spreading to Canada ...

[eppur_se_muova]

Trend to measure learning outcomes gains proponents

Canadian universities have been slow to move but may have to keep up with the international trend, observers say.

by Rosanna Tamburri

http://www.universityaffairs.ca/trend-to-measure-learning-outcomes-gains-proponents.aspx




If all of Canada's friends jumped off a bridge, would Canada jump too ?

[MADem]

1. Probably....that Harper guy is a northern Bush! nt

[Starry Messenger]

2. There's money to be made.

We all should have gone in for consulting.

[HiPointDem]

3. the disease has been there for quite some time, & not only in education.

[LWolf]

4. Is there any nation smart enough,

and principled enough, to resist?

[AnneD]

5. They do very well in Finland...

and the Nordic countries. But then again, they treat teachers well, and expect them to have advanced degrees. The early years are spent teaching the kids social skills like sharing, responsibility, socializing. Reading is an after thought-and this is the foundation for a country that has one of the highest literacy rates in the world.

[LWolf]

6. Every time we bring up Finland,

we're drowned out by tptb talking about needing solutions that are "uniquely american." Code for, we don't care how much better anyone else does it, we're going to stick to our policies that benefit the minority at the expense of the majority.