The Test and the Art of Thinking

Most sobering in Davis' film is the assembled confab of prep tutors sharing their unvarnished thoughts about the College Board's pointless, periodical test fixes, practically cackling at how easily the board's self-importance has kept them in business.

Persuasive, but who needs convincing?

It's a brutal takedown of a practice now warping K-12 education and should embarrass every school that still requires them.

It's a film that doggedly questions an exam that affects the futures of millions and feeds the fortunes of several big industries.

The Test & the Art of Thinking is an important documentary because it highlights a particular issue in education that is connected to a larger problem.

I think that the filmmaker included many interesting details in the final product, but I also feel that a more streamlined narrative, alongside the tangential explorations, would have made for a more emotionally effective and impactful movie.

The Test and the Art of Thinking ... explores, in great depth, the flaws of our current system. Time, it seems, to move on.

The interviews and experts are outstanding and truly thought-provoking.

Made me realize that the SAT is as useful to colleges as trigonometry has been to me.

Standardized test docu shows problems, offers no solutions.