More on Higher Ed. Standardized Testing

Can you feel it? The rumbling under your feet? Yes, it is true. The
vast mechanisms of the higher education policy apparatus are starting
to move on the threat of standardized testing. Claudio Sanchez this
morning on NPR ran a story on the action that is worth your time.



David Warren, from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (a group of private colleges), rejects the notion, but invoked the market as the accountability mechanism. Scary,
but also not a bad argument. It would mean that conservatives, such as
the present administration and Department of Education, would have to
reject their traditional notions on market regulation in favor of a
more hands on, pro-big government policy. To get a sufficient number of
conservatives to sign on to such legislation authorizing standardized
testing would be a stretch. The administration would be forced to cross
the aisle and negotiate a compromise plan with the Democrats, which
again is an unlikely occurrence.



Ah, the wheels are beginning to spin and we here at Edjurist are
certainly excited to see where they take us (although we have the
sneaking suspicion we will end up not too far from where we are right
now).