Remake of Large Scale Assessments - Position Statement Rather than trying to find time to have an online discussion with colleagues, write a personal position statement on large-scale assessments and post it to Padlet, Large Scale Assessments - Position Statement. Your statement should clearly articulate your beliefs about the value, purpose, and uses of large-scale assessments. Your position should be defensible and supported by literature. You can post to this forum anytime before the end of the course!!! by Jackie Button

Remake of Large Scale Assessments - Position Statement Rather than trying to find time to have an online discussion with colleagues, write a personal position statement on large-scale assessments and post it to Padlet, Large Scale Assessments - Position Statement. Your statement should clearly articulate your beliefs about the value, purpose, and uses of large-scale assessments. Your position should be defensible and supported by literature. You can post to this forum anytime before the end of the course!!! by Jackie Button https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8 Made with mirth en-us 2020-03-28 02:22:44 UTC 2025-04-26 16:25:14 UTC hello@padlet.com tv42796 https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/507612294 2020-04-15 02:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/507612294 Leena Verma https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/602808725 2020-05-30 23:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/602808725 Ashley Smith https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/603572929 2020-05-31 18:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/603572929 Curtiss Straatsma https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611074546 2020-06-04 14:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611074546 https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611086309 2020-06-04 14:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611086309 Gerry Moerkerken Position on Large Scale Assessment https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611203866 2020-06-04 15:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611203866 Large Scale Assessment- Simran Kaur https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611383560 In India- where I have spend almost all my life learning and teaching, standardised testing is held in high esteem, It would not be wrong to say that it is the norm there. But in recent years studies have shown that there is extreme stress and negative behaviour attached to these tests and the prestige attached to them. So much so that a move towards continuous assessment is being made. But sadly this is mostly seen only in elementary grades.
I am an ardent believer of continuous and differential assessment. I firmly believe that it is unfair to assess an individual's abilities and aptitude based on one day, one test. I have seen very smart and intelligent students doing average on such tests and high scorers being very average in independent thinking and understanding of different concepts.
In Ontario EQAOs are one such test series- although not as much is at stake here but they are still a source of stress for many parents and students, and EQAO results are also considered as a criteria to check how good a school is (I wonder how that is determined). Having said this, the tests like EQAO do give us a fair idea of the areas wherein students are doing well and where do their challenges lie. It is good tool to inform future teaching strategies and focus areas. But the key is to not make them the be all and end all of education, to abstain from labeling individuals based on test scores and managing the stress associated with them.
I would like to conclude by saying that standardised tests can be a good tool but like mentioned earlier- if taken as one of many assessment tools and then to just inform future action plans.]]> 2020-06-04 16:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611383560 Large Scale Assessments- Brianna Boutziouvis https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611881073 2020-06-04 20:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/611881073 Ontario Does it Wrong https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/613528502 Jaclyn Mulder]]> 2020-06-05 18:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/613528502 Large Scale Assessments - Julia DeSantis juliaadesantis https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/616809753 2020-06-08 13:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/616809753 bonininicole https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/616982359 2020-06-08 14:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/616982359 Large Scale Assessment https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/617675813 Sam Busby]]> 2020-06-08 20:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/617675813 Large Scale Assessment - Position Statement https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/617946516 2020-06-09 01:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/617946516 Similarities: Mockler sejalsejpal https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/845446336 The virtual school thrives on curriculum learning objectives, communication with people, and interaction with material. ]]> 2020-10-20 15:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/buttonj/dl7rkmqv7rr8/wish/845446336