Ron Baker, value-pricing pioneer at versage.com, comments on Gary Bolinger: The Uncertain Future of CPE [VIDEO]:
Right on, Gary. As an instructor providing CPE since 1995, our system is totally antiquated. The question of “How do you measure that?,” I believe, is the wrong question.
I’ll tell you how you don’t measure education: hours that butts sit in (uncomfortable) chairs. That measures inputs, not outputs. Not measuring would be superior to this completely ignorant measurement. We only use it because it’s easy and can be precise. But it’s precisely wrong. I’d rather be approximately right.
I do think there are ways to do it better. Have the instructors certify someone’s learning. This doesn’t just have to be a test. We have to stop being afraid of subjective judgments and letting the free market sort out quality, since they are both far superior than precisely wrong measures.
I applaud you for speaking out about this. I’ve been tilting at this windmill for years. The status quo is well invested, so I fear nothing will change. Like you, I put my faith in the younger CPAs who see the lunacy of the current system.
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