I read the Washington Post article, which you can find via an archive, and then waited for the inevitable response. It came this morning. The gist of the Post article is that students are using 'loopholes' to power their way through degree programs in just a few weeks instead of the months or years it normally takes. Here's what George Veletsianos writes. "These learners aren't gaming a loophole. They're demonstrating self-direction, time management and strategic planning... They are demonstrating it on the assessments their own institutions designed to measure it." And I think this is a good point. Some people might argue, "well you need the extra time to acquire the skills and competencies that just aren't measured on the test." But what skills? What competencies? If you need them, and you can't test for them, what distinguishes them from magic?
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