Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Testing for Joy and Grit? Schools Nationwide Push to Measure Students’ Emotional Skills.


Interesting arguments.  Yes, we clearly don't have good measures of such skills.  Yet, they are important.  I've been writing about moving "Beyond IQ" and a Model of Academic Competence and Motivation for many years...starting when No Child Left Behind started...see this link .... 

http://www.iqscorner.com/2013/02/the-motvation-and-academic-competence.html

Testing for Joy and Grit? Schools Nationwide Push to Measure Students' Emotional Skills.

From The New York Times on Flipboard

SAN FRANCISCO — The fifth graders in Jade Cooney's classroom compete against a kitchen timer during lessons to…

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