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Originally Posted by timmie
I dont mean disrespect to RID, but is it possible that it has all gone to their heads and they have lost sight of their true mission, which was to certify that persons were capable of "passing on the message"?
If someone is considered an excellent interpreter by the deaf community and other interpreters, yet totally fails the RID, this tells me the test is not truly measuring that which it is claiming to measure........
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That's why I dont believe in standardized tests for anything from certifications to testing children's knowledge. Too biased.
We have the same issues with the Praxis tests for teaching certifications. I suck at calculus so I kept failing it until I finally pulled my reading scores up high enough to bypass the math tests. I teach elementary school and why do I need to have to be skilled in calculus? I know some teachers who have passed the test but are not good teachers themselves so what does say about the validity of the tests? I am sure there are same issues with the RID?