Paul Cancellieri · @mrscienceteach
16 followers · 36 posts · Server kfalumni.social

Been having a lot of conversations at my school lately about the trends in our standardized test data. I worry that when the numbers dip, we begin focusing on the wrong outcomes. I think our Science instruction is doing a great job teaching kids to love Science and to understand how it works. But the test measures whether they recall the specific details of dozens of lessons. It feels like Goodhart's Law at it's worst.

#standardizedtesting #assessment

Last updated 1 year ago

Azmazing · @Azmazing1
95 followers · 67 posts · Server mas.to

Monica Velez: "In , test scores lag but opportunities align to help Black male students"

Comment: An interesting look at how and programs are (finally) stepping up. However, (problematic) shows Seattle's AA boys have never been doing worse (68% are below grade level in reading in 3rd grade), and this testing remains the very basis of the district's Strategic Plan.

seattletimes.com/education-lab

#education #seattlepublicschools #standardizedtesting #apprenticeship #trades #seattle

Last updated 1 year ago

tultican · @tultican
667 followers · 2408 posts · Server awscommunity.social

FAIRTEST: Record Number of Colleges Are Test-Optional - Great news for students and parents. Bad news for testing grifters. dianeravitch.net/2023/07/26/fa via @dianeravitch

#standardizedtesting

Last updated 1 year ago

Scott Matter · @scottmatter
835 followers · 2869 posts · Server aus.social
スパックマン クリス · @chris_spackman
135 followers · 1360 posts · Server twit.social

Starting state testing for English Learners today.

Students who place out of services receive nothing and lose accommodations on state graduation tests.

Bonus in their eyes: they get to miss class and be with their friends for the testing.

Shockingly, it is not always easy to motivate students to do their best.

#teaching #statetesting #standardizedtesting #esl #esol #k12

Last updated 2 years ago

Matt Hodgkinson · @mattjhodgkinson
938 followers · 879 posts · Server scicomm.xyz

"Yerkes declared that ... the tests measured innate intelligence rather than education. “It behooves us to consider their reliability and their meaning, for no one of us as a citizen can afford to ignore the menace of race deterioration”."

The racist past - and present - of standardised tests in the US, by Deborah Blum in Undark.

⚠️ Long read ⚠️

race.undark.org/articles/born-

#usa #education #sats #standardizedtesting #scientificracism #undark #deborahblum #longreads

Last updated 2 years ago

Steven Singer · @StevenMSinger
6 followers · 8 posts · Server universeodon.com
Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦 · @ap236
257 followers · 7864 posts · Server mastodon.social

Ontario school boards required to offer remote learning option for 2022-2023 | Globalnews bit.ly/3JEtbD3

#onlinelearning #standardizedtesting #onpoli #ontedu

Last updated 3 years ago