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If Math Wrote Letters: Dear Standardized Tests

March 22, 2017

Math begs high-stakes standardized tests to stop doing damage in its name.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-03-22-if-math-wrote-letters--if-math-wrote-letters-dear-standardized-tests/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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"Dear High-Stakes Standardized Tests, I know you're doing all this in my name and everything, but for the love of all that is Euler's, please stop. You've done enough damage already. –Math"

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