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Standardized Tests

Standardized Tests. Use, Misuse, and Reclamation. The Basics. 1. What is a standardized test?. Simply put, a test is standardized when the same test is administered in the same way to all test takers.

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Standardized Tests

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  1. Standardized Tests Use, Misuse, and Reclamation

  2. The Basics 1. What is a standardized test? Simply put, a test is standardized when the same test is administered in the same way to all test takers. When thought of in these terms, many teachers give standardized tests in their classrooms on a daily basis. Morning Work Our sample sizes may be small…but I have yet to find any source that defines whether or not a test is standardized by the number of people that take it.

  3. So why do teachers start developing facial tics when the words “standardized test” are brought up in staff meetings? Hmmmm.

  4. …because standardized tests have become high-stakes tests used to judge educational quality. Enron – high stock prices as an indicator of business success = cheating Steroids - $$$$$ rewards for success in sports. Big bonuses attached to increased sales. Atlanta and Washington D.C.

  5. Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? Use and Misuse of Standardized Tests W. James Popham (2001) 1. Informing parents about their children’s relative achievements. 1. Evaluating schools. 2. Informing teachers about their students’ relative achievements. 2. Evaluating teachers. 3. Promoting or grading students. 3. Selecting students for special programs. 4. Making classroom instructional decisions. 4. Allocating supplemental resources.

  6. Discussion Is there a place for standardized testing in public education? 2. Or do the negative impacts of standardized testing outweigh the positives? 3. Should standardized test results be used as a measure of teacher effectiveness?

  7. Sources of Interest Books Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch The Death and Life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America’s Schools by David Berliner and Sharon Nichols Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by PasiSahlberg Articles Rational Responses to High-Stakes Testing: The Case of Curriculum Narrowing and the Harm That Follows by David Berliner Websites http://doe.sd.gov/oatq/documents/EDEC_Teac.pdf http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2010/09/the_medias_war_on_teachers.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/27/rigoberto-ruelas-lausd-te_n_740544.html

  8. Image Sources http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2012/05/what-is-campbells-law-diane-ravitchs.html http://www.hedgeshypnosis.co.uk/teaching.php http://blog.timesunion.com/amanda/good/23310/ http://www.reactiongifs.us/thumbs-down-gladiator/

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