When I learned to debate, I was taught that understanding biases was useful in knowing when to apply more or less skepticism, but one still has to refute the opposing position by meaningful critique of procedures or data. (climate-skeptic.com)
While Popham's preferred solutions may cause some chuckles among accountability proponents — he champions the use of «affective inventories,» student work samples, and the like — his analysis constitutes a meaningful critique of the NCLB accountability system and raises hard questions that NCLB proponents need to address. (educationnext.org)