Just out--a review of Richard Phelps' The Malfunction of U.S. Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness

This is an important book making key points others haven't thought of--or dared to say. Our current testing regime is much worse than most people realize.

Good educational tests, like well-controlled message-passing tests, are what separate the science from the pseudoscience; the evidence-based from the quackery. 

My review is here:

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2025/04/how-we-ended-up-with-substandard-tests-in-education/