This discussion post focuses on a core tension in the education debate, the priority we give to either standardization or customization. This post should build on the text and the notes you took while watching the talks concerning the education debate. In your response, I would like you to consider what we gain or lose through either standardization or customization in education. Consider the proposal (sometimes implicitly suggested) of abandoning standardized testing. What would we gain? What would we lose? In general, when considering our public education system what should we change? What should we keep from the current system?

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invitation to the Life Span (Fifth Edition).