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[alzarin_red]

There is no such thing as chemical-free, so stop calling it that. This is not just me, some insignificant blogger saying this; it also comes from the Royal Society of Chemistry (http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2008/ChemicalFree.asp).

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[tridget]

Good point.

I have feel the same when I read complaints about "standardized testing." Usually, they are really only referring to a specific standardized test or tests used for a specific purpose, generally in a school setting. However, so many articles tend talk about standardized testing in general as being a bad thing without uderstanding it in a much broader context.

[alzarin_red]

I wasn't sure if anyone ever read anything I've posted. You're the first to comment - I'd like to thank you for reading.

I hadn't thought about the connection with standardized testing. Like any testing, I would consider there are good and bad points with standardization. On the good side, it allows comparisons with others who have taken the tests. On the bad, who sets the standards and are they chosen with meaning? I've seen both carefully chosen and quickly thrown together "standardized" tests. Ones that truly try to test that important knowledge was gained by students, and ones that test what just one person (the test author) thought was important. I suppose then we could get into a discussion of what is important. There is much to consider.