https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59 en-us 2017-04-10 16:18:59 UTC 2017-04-13 16:37:52 UTC hello@padlet.com abscales19 https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165717142 http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=true&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&currPage=&dviSelectedPage=&scanId=&query=&source=&prodId=OVIC&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&mode=view&catId=&u=j243905&limiter=&display-query=&displayGroups=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010692244&windowstate=normal&activityType=&failOverType=&commentary=true ]]> 2017-04-10 16:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165717142 abscales19 https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165717368 "Most good teachers are demoralized by the test, and horrified by what it is doing to education."]]> 2017-04-10 16:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165717368 abscales19 https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165718420 "My honors English curriculum now contains only two books, instead of the 12 I used to teach. And very few short stories. It's mostly nonfiction, because that's what will be on the tests. Any books I teach outside of the curriculum will harm my students' scores on the tests that evaluate them and my performance."]]> 2017-04-10 16:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165718420 abscales19 https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165718929 "Schools that score poorly on the tests wind up slated for closure or downsizing. Is it any wonder that administrators find themselves drawn to acts of intimidation and cheating?"]]> 2017-04-10 16:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165718929 abscales19 https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165719055 Preparation for standardized testing takes away time spent in classes such as art.]]> 2017-04-10 16:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165719055 abscales19 https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165720338 Many teachers believe that they should be the ones creating the tests rather than educators who do not know what goes on in individual classrooms]]> 2017-04-10 16:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165720338 abscales19 https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165721025 Many teachers believe that current standardized tests cannot calculate creativity or allow the use of synthesis with higher-order thinking.]]> 2017-04-10 16:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165721025 abscales19 https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165722216 "It should be obvious that if we have reached the point where kids are so anxious that their schools are pumping them full of canned esprit de corps [group morale] tactics, there's a real problem there."]]> 2017-04-10 16:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/165722216 abscales19 https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/166115588 Many schools recognize the stress that preparation for standardized testing put on students, as they have pep rallies to help the students let loose.]]> 2017-04-12 16:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/abscales19/kds1zgq68q59/wish/166115588