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Con: The test doesn't always test the

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Con: It is a one time snap shot of what students remember rather than showing the full knowledge retained by students.

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Pro: It tells you what students have learned

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Con

harder for the arts

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con: it can cause high levels of anxiety in students

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Con:
Students get stressed when tests are mentioned. They're more concerned with getting the grade then learning/retaining the information

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pro: it allows teachers to know what the students have retained.

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Cons:
1. high stakes
2. does not show mastery of a topic if there is only 1-2 questions per standard

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Cons:
- teaching to the test
- multiple choice = multiple guess

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Pro

help you learn how to teach your students

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focuses material being assessed on what was just learned, typically no surprises or unrelated content

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Pros:
Tells you how the kids are doing in school through a tangible data set

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Con:
wordy and confusing questions

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Pro: Provides data for both student and teacher about the level of understanding of a topic.

Con: Can limit what is taught to what will be tested as opposed to what students might find more interesting.

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Cons: Can sometimes distract from deeper learning... "Don't worry, it's not on the test."

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Pros:
1. monitor student progress
2. gauge student mastery
3. data strands to guide future approaches to teaching
4. teacher and student reflection

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Cons: gives unnecessary anxiety to students

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Pro: Helps gauge the understanding of each student and generally can see where they struggled or strived.

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students get test anxiety and perform poorly, even if they understand the material

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Cons:
Teaching to the test only

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Cons:
1. teaching to the test
2. students can be bad test takers
3. memorization rather than mastery
4. not an accurate measure of student success

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Cons:
Stressful
Can be inaccurate representation of student knowledge

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Pros:
easy data

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Pros:
1. general understanding of student concepts
2. good for data

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Pro:
Teachers are able to gage the current understanding of the students; what needs to be reviewed, what to move on from, etc.

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Pros:
- See what students know
- can be more than a paper pencil test.

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Pros: gives us as teacher information to guide instruction

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Pros: Allows you to see which topics need more attention.

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Pros:
Checks for understanding
Provides data