But testing will solve everything.
But testing will solve everything.
Speaking of which, it isn't the main point, so the author only mentions it once, but this is also how teachers and evaluated and paid, how school systems are evaluated and funded.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/08/pearsons-wrong-answer-and-why-it-matters-in-the-high-stakes-testing-era/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/08/pearsons-wrong-answer-and-why-it-matters-in-the-high-stakes-testing-era
Speaking of which, it isn't the main point, so the author only mentions it once, but this is also how teachers and evaluated and paid, how school systems are evaluated and funded.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/08/pearsons-wrong-answer-and-why-it-matters-in-the-high-stakes-testing-era/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/08/pearsons-wrong-answer-and-why-it-matters-in-the-high-stakes-testing-era
It would be useful to have context, i.e. how many wrong answers are found per year? If its like 5, this might be overreacting.
ReplyDeleteYes and no. The testing industry has become very powerful and influential and I'm not aware of any effective monitoring oversight. They've sold their product, and it is the unquestioned measure of almost everything, now.
ReplyDeleteThe point of testing used to be to learn and teach. Everybody got to see the tests and utilize them to improve, etc. Now, a lot of the testing, even something relatively minimal like this, is fraught with all these you get one shot and no possibility of review. Plus, it's very confusing when you tell someone that they are wrong on something they are still trying to learn.