It appears that most of us belive that standardized testing is here to stay. That's an unfortunate reality. In fact, testing of this sort should, but rarely does, guide learning and teaching. That's whay I am enamored with the online resources we read about this week. To be able to give my students assessments that not only tell them that they ae either right or wrong, but guide them toward a better understanding of the content; that's what I have been missing. I believe that this week's readings could ignite a paradigm shift in the way we assess kids. I feel that it is imperative that we begin to look at assessments not as the culmination of learning, but as a part of the process of learning. Tools such as Diagnoser allow this to happen in a techno