Jason Anderson

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July 9, 2011, on Universities and Economic Growth:
"I once asked a group of professors at Makerere University in Uganda "How come more people fail the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer test than your most advanced computer science course?" It would seem that the answer is that the MCSE, which tests the ability to do basic Windows administration, is graded by an impartial computer system. " For the record, the MCSE does not teach basic Windows administration...it teaches engineering, designing, creating, and development of networks. Basic Windows administration is defined as resolving desktop and server issues (ie system updates, adding removing objects to an existig infrastructure, NOT the creation of that infrastructure). Equating an MCSE to basic Windows administration is a poor analogy to say the least. Having said that, your point of bias in testing is a valid one, albeit made with a very poor example. Just say that there are inherent biases in grading ones own tests.