Some critics say that SchoolStat relies too heavily on easily quantifiable standardized test scores to gauge academic progress, only adding to the pressure on schools that face sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind law.
This has happened in large part because there is no quantifiable diagnostic test for the injury, and the language used by the Veterans Affairs Department to rate traumatic brain injury, or T.B.I., is vague.
Roger argued that the true value of college is ineffable and "deeply personal," not fully measurable in quantifiable ways like test scores and salaries, though he ultimately agreed with Mr. Stephens that if it isn't the right fit, it might make sense to forgo college, at least temporarily.
All subjects underwent autonomic testing, nerve conduction studies, quantitative sensory testing, and nerve-axon reflex vasodilation in addition to quantifiable neurological examination and symptom scores.
"There's a quantifiable aspect to testing that is so seductive," said Gary Lincoff, the father of a fifth grader in Manhattan.
(Rows 516 526) So, despite being aware of the possible limitations, and being somewhat critical towards quantifiable results from testing, therapists maintained that such results carry weight.
(Rows 685 689) As shown in the two quotes above, the quantifiable aspect of testing was not the main message to the patient.
It has been shown that small fiber neuropathies are quantifiable with newer tests of C-fiber integrity that include quantitative measures of SKBF and corneal confocal microscopy, 9– 11 quantification of intraepidermal nerve fibers (IENF), 12– 16 and quantitative sensory testing (QST).
However, growth and feeding studies combined with quantifiable behavioral data would test this hypothesis.
