Friday, June 5, 2015

New directions in assessment

The Chronicle of Higher Education describes one school’s plan to scan students’ brains to determine the effects of college and, more specifically, of study abroad.

A skeptical neurologist, asked to comment: “I was trying to think of something more ridiculous, but I couldn’t.”

[File under the quantification of everything.]

comments: 1

Chris said...

I guess that would eliminate the subjective factor from teacher evaluations, wouldn't it? I'm sure Scott Walker is all over this already.

"I was trying to think of something more ridiculous, but I couldn't" is a line I'm going to have to steal.