RE: Certification: Ernest and Scribbler

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

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	From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com] 
	
	Kevin [McLauchlan not McLaughlin] wrote:
	 
	> Sure, there are flaws in that model, but would it be any 
	> less effective or entertaining than the model whereby 
	> sit-down tests are devised and administered by bureau'rats 
	> driven by politicians? 
	
	Note that according to the STC's website "Certification will be based on assessing portfolios and work artifacts, not examinations. (In other words, there are no tests.)"
	This isn't to say that the evaluation of portfolios won't be subject to the same motivations and pressures, but nobody is talking about "sit-down tests". 
	-Fred Ridder
	 
	
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Evaluation of portfolios by earnest and intent reviewers 
goes on until it becomes just too time-consuming. 
Then, they either start automating the process or 
developing standardized testing in order to handle 
the number of applicants.

If the number of applicants does not become daunting, 
given how many TWs there are, then the program is 
basically a failure, yes? 


By the way - thinking of recent World Cup Soccer - 
would the evaluation of portfolios be open, transparent, 
and subject to instant-replay? 

That is, could I come along in a few years, submit 
a portfolio, get miffed by how it was evaluated, 
and refer back to somebody's review from this year 
that had similar characteristics but seemingly got 
a better eval?  

Or... "Oh, no. We can't be transparent. Privacy issues, 
you understand." 

:-)

 - Kevin

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