In Defense of Assessment: A Food Metaphor

MY VIEW

Ten years ago, Michael Pollan argued in his book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto that our eating behaviors have become worse than misguided. They are downright harmful.

Re-reading his book recently, I found myself thinking not about food but about the way we assess our students’ performance in schools. I recognized a metaphor for my frustrations with assessment and grading and realized as educators, we can learn from what Pollan has to say.