PERSONAL QUALITIES NOT MEASURED BY TESTS

CRITICAL THINKING

RESILIENCE

MOTIVATION

PERSISTENCE

CURIOSITY

QUESTION ASKING

HUMOR

ENDURANCE

RELIABILITY

ENTHUSIASM

CIVIC-MINDEDNESS

SELF AWARENESS

SELF DISCIPLINE

EMPATHY

LEADERSHIP

COMPASSION

COURAGE

COWARDICE

SENSE OF BEAUTY

SENSE OF WONDER

SENSE OF HUMOR

RESOURCEFULNESS

SPONTANEITY

HUMILITY

ARROGANCE

Many of those personal qualities that we hold dear—resilience and courage in the face of stress, a sense of craft in our work, a commitment to justice and caring in our social relationships, a dedication to advancing the public good in communal life—are exceedingly difficult to assess.  And so, unfortunately, we are apt to measure what we can, and eventually come to value what is measured over what is left unmeasured.  The shift is subtle and occurs gradually. 

                                                  Robert Glaser and the National Academy of Education.

                                                  In Lamar Alexander and H. Thomas James

                                                  The Nation’s Report Card: Improving the Assessment

                                                      of Student Achievement, 1987.