I have spent the better part of the last 53 years taking well over a thousand multiple choice tests. As a teenager, I struggled through high school. Armed with

Third-grader Chris Robb just can't seem to do anything right--failing tests, getting blamed for things he didn't do, and struggling to make friends. While schoo

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"Standardized Minds" dramatically shows how an unhealthy and enduring obsession with intelligence testing affects everyone. Drawing creative solutions from the