From: davef@tsoft-inc.com   
      
   On 12/3/2025 9:07 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
      
   > BTW, I was interested to read about the issues and tradeoffs around   
   > the stopping of standardised testing during the application process   
   > in some higher education establishments a few years ago.   
      
   Nothing wrong with tests.  They can be helpful.  But let me tell you what is   
   wrong with depending on tests.  SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T DO WELL WITH TESTS!   
      
   Case in point.  My son always had problems with taking tests.  I don't   
   understand it, but that was a problem for him.  Does that make him less than   
   those who do well with tests?   
      
   Now he is a NRC licensed reactor operator at a nuclear power station.  Yes,   
   there was testing, and it was difficult for him.  But testing is not how the   
   job   
   is learned.  People actually practiced the job under close supervision before   
   they were trusted to do the job.  Perhaps still a type of testing.   
      
   Lately, when special operations are required, He is the one called upon,   
   because   
   he is trusted to perform the job correctly, over most of the other operators.   
      
   I guess what I'm trying to say is while tests can be helpful, they are not   
   necessarily the only way of determining competence.   
      
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