https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05 en-us 2017-04-11 21:49:34 UTC 2026-01-30 20:27:27 UTC hello@padlet.com pecoburn19 https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000471 https://www.texasobserver.org/walter-stroup-standardized-testing-pearson/]]> 2017-04-12 01:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000471 pecoburn19 https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000492 More than one-third of the high schools in 2015 have already failed at least one of the newly implemented STAAR tests, disqualifying them from graduation without a successful re-test.

]]> 2017-04-12 01:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000492 pecoburn19 https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000500 "So in June 2012, the Texas House Public Education Committee did what elected officials do when they don’t know what to say. They held a hearing. To his credit, Committee Chair Rob Eissler began the hearing by posing a question that someone should have asked a generation ago: What exactly are we getting from these tests? And for six hours and 45 minutes, his committee couldn’t get a straight answer. Witness after witness attacked the latest standardized-testing regime that the Legislature had imposed. Everyone knew the system was broken, but no one knew exactly why."

]]> 2017-04-12 01:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000500 pecoburn19 https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000503  Stroup, an associate professor at the University of Texas College of Education, stood behind the scientific basis that held suspicion, that what the tests measured was not what students have learned but how well students take tests.

]]> 2017-04-12 01:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000503 pecoburn19 https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000519 "When business lobbyists and legislators desired tests that measure whether a student was “college and career ready,” they didn’t dramatically reform the curriculum. They needed harder questions based on the same curriculum, a trick Pearson managed by incorporating logic puzzles into questions about knowledge."]]> 2017-04-12 01:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000519 pecoburn19 https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000534 A boy came home to his dad one day and said "someone is out there trying to trick me on the test, and I just have to figure out how their trying to trick me." While taking the test you are trying to figure out what the question is asking and what you think is the best answer choice for that question.]]> 2017-04-12 01:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166000534 pecoburn19 https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166065532 "Standardized testing evaluates a student’s performance on one particular day and does not take into account external factors. Many people simply do not perform well on tests. Many of these students are smart and understand the content, but it doesn’t show on the test. "https://www.thoughtco.com/examining-the-pros-and-cons-of-standardized-testing-3194596]]> 2017-04-12 13:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166065532 pecoburn19 https://padlet.com/pecoburn19/svedn6fmet05/wish/166069735 "Standardized testing causes many teachers to only “teach to the tests”. With the stakes getting higher and higher for teachers, this practice will only continue to increase. The sad reality is that it fosters an atmosphere that is boring and lacks creativeness. Teachers have such pressure to get their students ready for these exams that they neglect to teach students skills that go beyond the tests."

https://www.thoughtco.com/examining-the-pros-and-cons-of-standardized-testing-3194596

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