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Behind the Scores

Behind the Scores. The challenges of standardized testing. "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution." --- Clay Shirky. The search for a magic pill. Results may vary Guaranteed to lose weight....

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Behind the Scores

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  1. Behind the Scores • The challenges of standardized testing

  2. "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution." --- Clay Shirky

  3. The search for a magic pill • Results may vary • Guaranteed to lose weight.... • "You don't have to change your life, just take LIPOZENE, that's it...* "...combine with diet and exercise."

  4. What's the next "pill" to cure public education? • Common core state standards • Teacher and school accountability • Merit pay • School choice (competition) • Is a pill necessary, or are we just trying to give society a placebo so we all feel better?

  5. What's wrong with all of these "solutions"? • "They are based on an exaggeration of the problem, a misdiagnosis of the causes, and a simplistic • prescription that often does more • harm than good."- Alfie Kohn

  6. "Our generation's Sputnik moment is back- our country is in serious danger of falling behind." President Barack Obama"For me, it is a massive wake up call." - Arne Duncan

  7. Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

  8. PISA Results Disaggregated • Caucasian students second highest in the world behind only students in Finland • Asian-American students out performed students in every Asian country, and only scored lower than Asian students in the city of Shanghai, China • Hispanic/Latino students first in the world • African American students first in the world

  9. PISA Results Disaggregated (USA)

  10. PISA Results Disaggregated

  11. PISA Results Disaggregated

  12. What's the reason for American students' relatively low performance on international tests? • POVERTY and lack of resources!

  13. What testing has proven • Bigger house=higher test scores • Higher mobility=lower test scores • Engaged adult(s) at home=higher test scores • ELL students and students with special needs= lower test scores • Kids who like to read do better on tests

  14. Results of standardized testing • NAEP results relatively flat since 1971 • Achievement gains since NCLB smaller than before NCLB • 2011 SAT scores lowest in history • Reduction or elimination of arts programs nationwide • Student apathy and disengagement; disillusioned educators • $$$$$ for testing companies

  15. An 8th grade student at Jenks Middle School will take... • District Pre and post test in SS, Math, LA, and Science • EXPLORE tests in four subjects • Writing OCCT • Paper OCCTs in Science and US History • Online OCCTs in Math and Reading • EOI exams in Algebra, Geometry, or Algebra II

  16. 2012 State Testing Summary

  17. Closing thoughts... • Eliminate all mandated testing not required by federal law (Writing, US History, Geography, EOIs) • Use EXPLORE, PLAN, and ACT above 7th grade • Eliminate comparisons between different groups/grades of students • Tying teacher and principal evaluations to student test scores is inaccurate. Carrots and sticks do not motivate and will not result in improved learning

  18. Closing thoughts... • Provide appropriate oversight of state assessment • Testing gains are not the same as learning gains • Focus limited resources on early interventions and proven remediation strategies...and leave the rest of students alone to learn.

  19. OSSM vs. Jenks HS

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