The authors note that the data-driven “accountability” rhetoric so dominant in education reform both is part of, and compels the spread of, technologies for education. But since the benefits of self-directed, creative, and project-based learning don’t necessarily show up on standardized test scores, accountability pushes schools away from technologies for learners.

So what we are saying here is let’s not allow real learning (self-directed, creative, project-based) to get in the way of testing systems that track and prove that you are learning.

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