Saturday, October 9, 2010

Laura Watts (3) Test Score Effectiveness

Quote: "The test scores typically provide little information for making day-to-day instructional decisions, but students, teachers, administrators, and schools are judged and held accountable by the results" (95).

Comment: Tests that don't provide results that can help teachers and students improve are ineffective. They simply say where a student is, and don't give the chance for students to improve. This is also not effective for evaluating how well a teacher teaches, because students are still independent learners.

Question: Are there other ways to assess students on a national level without subjecting them to high-stakes tests as they are currently set up?

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