Quantitative vs. qualitative measurement

The formal test will show us just rhetorical information (if the student did or did not know or remember the class) but it won’t tell us why? What do we need to do? And I think it’s linked to odd results such as the fact that our best student gets lower grade on a test than someone else that we know doesn’t have the same knowledge and understanding of the language not to talk about how much he can perform in real life.

Chapter 2: Baxter, A. (1997) Evaluating your Students. London: Richmond Publishing.