tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post6391034783064761030..comments2024-03-22T01:06:23.845-07:00Comments on Confessions of a College Professor: A Cure For Grade Inflation, part 2Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-60558777766386770632014-05-09T10:59:38.985-07:002014-05-09T10:59:38.985-07:00For those going on to professional school and grad...For those going on to professional school and graduate school back in the Dark Ages of the 20th Century, we had them. You've mentioned the GRE. There were the LSAT and MCATs. After those, we had the licensing exams for the professional trades such as Engineering, Medicine, Law, etc. <br /><br />You've mentioned ETS, I do recall some scandals over the years, where students had ringers take the previously mentioned examinations, yes even the professional licensing ones. Simple security measures dealt with those, if I recall correctly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11633967694431454813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-44930397756107774542014-02-16T15:25:18.887-08:002014-02-16T15:25:18.887-08:00The CLA is probably just as good. My issue with it...The CLA is probably just as good. My issue with it is it's so hard to compare "apples to apples" on one year's test to the next. I know, it can be argued that tasks are equivalent, but the bottom line is some people are going to have issues with it. I see they're point, and even if they/I are/am wrong, it seems like it would be easier to just use a more (apparently) fair measure.<br /><br />The GRE, yes, the questions change from year to year, but since the "tasks" are much smaller, the changes are far less likely to be critical, or at least so it appears.<br /><br />The point is really, why not use *something* so we can compare the institutions everyone "knows" are bogus to the other institutions? Even if the CLA has issues, it would still be at least something. The question still for me is: we all know what's going on, why hasn't even the most minimal thing been done to instill some integrity in the system?Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-35072232757259235832014-02-16T12:54:07.676-08:002014-02-16T12:54:07.676-08:00What do you think about the CLA? It's already ...What do you think about the CLA? It's already being talked about as the "SAT for the workplace," and I did see some analysis (which I now can't track down) showing that CLA score predicted life outcomes like employment, living with parents, being in debt, etc.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.com