DAL JENCSO On (05 Jan 97) was overheard to say to BOB MOYLAN
 DJ> If a kid understand the concept of addition, the timed tests
 DJ> serve to make the basic "facts" almost automatic.
 I must have been dozing since I still fail to see what educational
 value there is to a timed test.  If the kid understands the concept
 of addition, place value and all that and is able to complete say
 50 out of 100 correctly should she be penalized for not
 completing the other 50?  Isn't the 50 correct as much evidence as
 needed to demonstrate understanding?  Then there's the kid who
 correctly completes 100 of 100 - does that kid have a better
 understanding or can she just process faster? Does that second kid
 receive a higher grade?
 I don't want to come across as being argumentative - I really don't
 see the purpose or value other than as a test of speed..
... 2 + 2 = 5	for sufficiently large values of 2.			
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