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Making the Grades: MY MISADVENTURES IN THE STANDARDIZED TESTING INDUSTRY

Farley

2011

A journey of over a decade in the testing industry. Starting as a simple scorer, Farley works his way through the ranks to reigning as a testing consultant — despite all of the deplorable events he witnesses.

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Systems Visualizer

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July 2024

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Designed for use with post-it notes or on an online collaboration platform (e.g. Figma, Miro), this visualizer is a simple tool for laying out the elements of elegant systems that work together in clear, concise ways. A slidedeck is included to understand elegant systems design.

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Our goal is to create processes & protocols for students and educators that are elegant.

Elegant systems are:

  1. Simple
  2. Repeatable
  3. Combinable

This tool helps visualize this process and narrow down elegant systems in classrooms.

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