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Al Franken: “McNamara's fallacy is that things that can be easily measured will be measured and will be considered important.”

On the recordApril 14, 2010
McNamara's fallacy is that things that can be easily measured will be measured and will be considered important.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken discusses the importance of measuring critical skills beyond just test scores.

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