Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Purpose of testing
After having discussions in class about standardized testing I looked online to see what is out there about standardized tests in schools. I found this article http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/decisions/DD315-608.html that talks about the purpose of standardized tests and what we get out of them. The article talks about a lot of things but seems to give off the basic idea that testing is there to measure students knowledge and the tests help us compare their tested to knowledge to other Americans and other countries. I think testing can tell us information about our students, but there comes a point where it is just too much for kids. They don't see a point in the testing, the teachers and parents don't see a point in the testing, and in the end the results aren't even accurate data that seems to drive the education business.
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Like stated in class, who cares where we compare in the world? Should we care? Something that can be debated either way you look at it. We don't want to fall behind other countries in what they learn and when they learn it. But on the other hand does it matter how far ahead they are? Just as long as the students learn the information is what matters right? All questions that have different answers by who ever answers it. Testing needs to be taken control of and used for better and measuring our students and not for the income of making the tests.
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