[lbo-talk] a test scorer's lament

[Eric Beck]

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Depressing piece on what it's like to score all the standardized test American kids are forced to take:
>
> http://monthlyreview.org/2010/12/01/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-test-scorer

Pearson has a scoring center in Austin, and though I've been able to
avoid having to work as a scorer, most of my proofreader/copy editor
friends have not. From things they've told me, if anything this
article understates the awfulness of the work and how agonizing it is
to know that your judgment on students' essays can have a huge impact
on their lives.