December 27, 2013
GAAA!!!
This one has me so aggravated that I don’t
even know if I can be coherent (which is why it took me so long to write it):
A new twist on standardized testing for
grade school: Having kids type the answers.
Raise your hand if you think this is a good
idea.
From someone whose fine-motor control
stinks to this day, I can tell you that this is a terrible idea. Some kids
won’t have a problem with it, but for others, it really is unfair. The tests
are timed, remember, so if you have to go back and fix your typing mistakes,
you won’t get as far, or you’ll get answers marked as incorrect because you
didn’t fix your typing.
(I could have proved my point by not
correcting any of my typing for this entry—but then you wouldn’t have been able
to read it.)
AND: Now teachers will have to teach kids
to type instead of teaching them content. GAAA!!!
Please, please stop this nonsense. Test the
kids on what they know. If testing is so important to you, take the time to
read written answers—no filling in bubbles, no typing, just have kids write
down the answers. Hire qualified
people to read the answers instead of sending the tests through the
machines—just think of the jobs you’ll be creating.
And remember: The quick brown foz jusmped
over the lzy dog.
2 comments:
Who came up with this?
Apparently there's a group called the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, a group of 23 states working on an exam that will ultimately be used to rate school and student performance.
(From an article in the Statesman)
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