Pulling through the Apex panel, bruised 'n battered

CONCERTED attempts to persuade members of the public to believe that the Apex evaluation is a "flawed" process must be put to rest quickly. This is because the "informational" or, more seriously, "intellectual deficit" is now apparent in some of the arguments put for...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/32872/
http://eprints.usm.my/32872/1/DZUL193.pdf
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Summary:CONCERTED attempts to persuade members of the public to believe that the Apex evaluation is a "flawed" process must be put to rest quickly. This is because the "informational" or, more seriously, "intellectual deficit" is now apparent in some of the arguments put forth. To begin with, comparing the Apex (accelerated programme for excellence) decision with another form of evaluation or assessment for purposes of a fashionable league table is like comparing apples to durians. To say that the Apex decision is flawed and, by implication, that the others are not, is in itself a flaw. There are at least three reasons.