William Mathis: Measuring the wrong things

Editor’s note: This commentary is by William J. Mathis, who is vice chair of the Vermont State Board of Education and managing director of the National Education Policy Center. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of any group with which he is affiliated.
“Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to, convinced that on their good sense we may rely with the most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty.
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