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Ceolaf

@ceolaf.bsky.social
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Educator & ed researcher. Currently focusing on how to develop better tests, for instruction and for democratic oversight of schools. RigorousTestDevelopment.com www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexan…

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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.threads.com/@kenpopehat/p...
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Screenshot of Apple Maps from the UK showing the name of a Great Lake: Lake Ontario. Screenshot of Google Maps from the UK showing the name of a Great Lake: Lake Ontario.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Does Barazzutti understand how social isolation and/or great skipping might affect the cognitive development (i.e. Intellectual, social, moral) of children? No. He has no relevant expertise at all.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
50 rebounds. Wilt. 80-2.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
So, employers should or should liable for your stress levels when you are so race that you can't deal with calls for racial equality? Should or should not?
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Unlike cheesecake. And chocolate chip cookies.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I’m trying to use @andrewdeanho.bsky.social plushy normal curves in my zoom background to demonstrate multidimensionality. I don’t think that it’s working. Maybe I need to donate more to the NCME mission fund to get more normal curves. ncme.org/involvement/...
Small stuffed animal of a brown and white springer spaniel with a four small plushie normal curves oriented in different directions. Some of them say “ncme” and somehow have smiley faces and standard deviation lines.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
7:42am. Antici…..pation @ncme38.bsky.social #NCME2026PhotoContest
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We running this back, @ncme38.bsky.social? Alright, let’s see what you got! #NCME2026PhotoContest
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Of course, I don’t go to Barrow Street since Anissa closed. It’s just too sad for me.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
@jonbecker.bsky.social advertisement on metro north train. Would you trust modern AI to do this this type of compilation for you?
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
ih1.redbubble.net/image.134130...
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I would say you’re being unfair…except that he then lied about what he said rather than acknowledge the nature of his mistake.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Because teaching is just explaining things. Motivating? Yeah, no, that’s not part of teaching.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
You need to tell Amazon what email addresses are allowed to send to your kindle email addresses. It’s a white list, not some blacklist. It’s in the Amazon preferences on the website somewhere. Here’s how it look on iOS. Search Amazon settings for personal document settings.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Can’t believe raspberry out
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Always blame unidimensionality.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I have always deplored how few rights children have in our country, and how parents are allowed to abuse and limit them—by right. I’ve heard, “If it was good enough for me, it’s good enough for my kid,” by people who didn’t learn the lesson themselves back in the day. We should want more for kids.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This is how the moral position wins. It is incredibly hard to do. If it were easy, John Lewis wouldn’t be so impressive. Protesters against authoritarianism need to try to be more like John Lewis than they thought possible.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Don’t tell me there’s not use for LLMs.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Here’s the extended quote I am working from. Nearly 200 words. I’ve tried to make it a LITTLE easier to read on a phone. I think it’s: Grosz, E. (1994). Sexual difference and the problem of essentialism. The essential difference, 1, 82. A reissue? Or: culturalstudies.ucsc.edu/inscriptions... 2/
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
7) Claude seems to lie about whether it can see line breaks. * at first, “I can see the exact formatting you used. Your message contains 4 paragraphs with single line breaks between them” * When pressed, “You're right to push back. Looking more carefully, you formatted this as two paragraphs.”
Image of text typed into the Claude LLM chatbot, broken into three paragraphs.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
“Ultimately, theories with bespoke exceptions aren’t theories; they’re just preferences,” writes @stevevladeck.bsky.social This is really the point. If they see exceptions, then they need to explain why other’s preferred exceptions are any less appropriate. www.stevevladeck.com/p/153-living...
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
In her favor, her first book recommendation was Dewey’s Democracy and Education. To her detriment, she complained about state learning standards. But what’s wrong with these?
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Sure. They want a unidimensional measure of intelligence. But I am not talking about intelligence testing. In fact, I work hard to fight the use of unidimensional reporting of multidimensional constructs. I even have a hat.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I’ve got two NCME hats and they cost me way less than that. #YouCannotWinIfYouDoNotPlay
Photo of two baseball caps, one burgundy and one gold, each of which say NCME in lowercase letters
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Similar:
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I don’t think CCSS excludes poetry. Not at all. For example: 🧵
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
It is. But even chatGPT has decent uses. I use it produce illustrations for presentations.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Those are some compelling competing sessions on Thursday morning. We came prepared for both of them. #2025NCMEPhotoContest @ncme38.bsky.social
Photo of a baseball cap that is embroidered “Always Blame Unidimensionality” and the print edition of the 2014 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing.Screenshot of 9:45 AM program, listing two sessions. 1) Is Unaccounted-for
Multidimensionality Really That Problematic? 2) What has, can, and should happen when the Standards are not followed?
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Kermit has long been a reporter. He should be able to find plenty to say about the state of our new media.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Susan Moore Johnson fits the bill, I believe. scholar.google.com/citations?us...
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Oh my God. The official Bluesky client for iOS does not have any such link. It’s amazing. That’s not surprising to me because for now that’s the Bluesky client I have settled on. But I keep looking for others that might be better. It sounds like that could be a really useful addition.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I do not know why people write ED/USED instead of DOE/USDOE, but the name of the federal department is “Department of Education,” not ‘Education Department.” I certainly do not think the ed.gov URL should not be dispositive here. So, I do not insist on ED or USED.
Small screenshot of the front page of the US Department of Education’s website. The top-leftmost corner.Small screenshot of the front page of the US Department of Education’s website. Taken from the footer.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
NRA v Vullo. A supreme court case from just last year.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
According to the Supreme Court, he can’t even SAY that. NRA v. Vullo. A unanimous decision from…just last year.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Under NRA vs Vullo (NY), it’s not even clear that he he can SAY it. The government may not try to intimidate private organizations against constitutionally protected activities. "What she cannot do, however, is use the power of the State to punish or suppress disfavored expression.”
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
One might consider this in light of Trump’s declaration that is more important to think about the rape of Americans than Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. There is no moral consistency there. Rape is just a prop for them.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
All Jane Fonda did was (literally) hold her arms wide and invite *everyone* to accept that being woke is a positive thing that we all feel. That’s not divisive. That’s inviting. That’s welcoming. That’s a claim of universality.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
my immediate thought upon reading Peter’s skeet:
Photo of 1970’s Yankees catcher with a mustache whose sides extend below his mouth.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
3) But you originally said that these LLMs act as instructors to instruct folks, and do so well for some things. So, that takes use to the third definition, not either of the first two..
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Curious about interstate extradition and the law so I decided to give the LLMs a spin on this one. I do not understand why people think LLMs are credible when fact actually matter. Facts do actually matter sometimes, right? Right?
Answer from LLM: For these situations, there's a federal law called the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (UCEA), which most states have adopted. Answer from LLM: The key point here is that there isn't actually a "federal UCEA" - the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act is a model law created by the Uniform Law Commission (also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws), not a federal law.Question and answer from LLM:

Me: You said "there's a federal law called the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (UCEA)." Is that just not accurate?

LLM: You're right - I was incorrect when I called UCEA a "federal law." That was a mistake on my part. UCEA is a model law created by the Uniform Law Commission, not a federal law. I should have been more careful in my description.4 panel Anakin-Padme meme

Panel 1: Anikan says, “LLMs are better than search.”
Panel 2: Padme, laughing, says, “But facts still matter, right?”
Panel 3: Anakin just looks at Padme
Panel 4: Padme, concerned, asks, “Right?
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Part of this morning’s top of the hour newscast.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The first amendment includes many things, not just protection for speech.
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Black literacy. It’s called Dangerous Learning. Derek Black. Out in mid-January
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Ceolaf @ceolaf.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
This was yesterday’s amazing brilliance. 2/2
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