I would like to address the parents who think the Washington Assessment of Student Learning is just a test and that by being supportive of it they are promoting better education. The WASL is a very ...

When I read Dick Startz’s Feb. 19 column, “WASL alternative mustn’t be a weakened substitute” and he kept using the word “objective” to describe the WASL, I knew immediately that he has probably never ...

A subjective performance evaluation typically relates to intangible employee qualities and is based on subjective feedback from the manager as opposed to objective, measurable feedback. Use of ...

November 12, 2014 - In preschool-aged children, a simple test performed in the ophthalmologist's or optometrist's office greatly overestimates the eye's ability to "flex and focus" in order to see ...

It's common knowledge that horses' individual personalities play a role in how they behave. Scientists have even developed various equine personality tests—most of which use objective criteria in a ...

Bode's law has usually been evaluated subjectively by means of overall judgment and opinions differ regarding its significance. Here we analyze it in some detail, with use of the axioms of probability ...