It's the end of testing as we know it... and I feel fine

Abstract

Neal Kingston will not sing about where testing needs to go.

That's great, testing needs an earthquake; E C D, and D C M, and Embretson is not afraid; Eye of a hurricane, Markov chains must churn; Testing serves its own needs, must serve learning needs; Instruct embedded tests, grunt, more strength; Learning ladder starts to clatter with a fearsome trajectory; Valid’s looking pallid, represent with stealth games; Higher standards are for hire on a cheating site; Formative assessment in a hurry with the Feds breathing down your neck; State by state, teachers baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped; Look at those low scores, fine, then; Uh¬oh, over-tested, population, common core; But it'll do, test yourself, best yourself; Testing purpose ask why, students and the teachers cry; Tell me your scores are valid and your consequences are right, right; You’re estimated, validated, pub. fight, pub. right; Learning map it, psyched;

It's the end of testing as we know it; It's the end of testing as we know it; It's the end of testing as we know it, and I feel fine.