In my state they have something called the TAKS test. It is a big deal, 50 questions for 3 parts, and you have to write a 2 page composition to a quote. The only problem with that is teachers have to spend all of their teaching time, teaching how to pass the TAKS, not what might be the most important thing to learn. Teachers are so afraid they'll get in trouble if not enough of their students pass, they only concentrate on TAKS material. Do you think this is fair to the students?
2006-11-30 09:49:07 · 5 answers · asked by Lovely 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Standards & Testing
Standardized testing refers to the uniformity of procedure in administering and scoring a test. This standardization is essential in order to compare one person or group of persons with another person or group. And, to compare a person with him or herself over time.
The issue you are raising is not with standardized testing, but with how test content drives the content of the school's curriculum. Restricting course content to the areas that will be tested ensures that more students will pass the test. And, some school administrations do evaluate their teachers on the basis of numbers successful on the test.
In my opinion, the nation-wide emphasis on specific skills has negatively impacted the richness of past public primary and secondary education. More and more parents and students seem to be coming to the same conclusion that you have reached. Some are switching to home schooling or enrolling in private schools. However, you can become responsible for your own enrichment without withdrawing from the public schools. Simply change your expectations of what they are able to offer. However, do your very best on the TAKS. It is a serious endeavor.
You ask if this is fair. The answer depends on how you define fair. There is currently a powerful movement in this country to improve student performance. It may be instructive to use causal analysis to examine the source of this movement. Your questions are good ones. Continue to be inquisitive.
I hope this helps. If you are interested, read more about the No Child Left Behind Act and how communities around the country have responded.
2006-11-30 11:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by Robert W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Standardised testing is used to make all children the same or at least on the same level - it uses these levels to place children in some sort of category and labels them as good, excellent or disadvantaged. There are good and bad points about using standardised tests for children.
The good part is that these tests allow for children that are disadvantaged to be sort out and perhaps given further time and materials so that they can catch up or perhaps be diagnosed with a learning disorder.
The disadvantage though is that some children who are very high up will consider themselves elites and therefore see themselves as better then the kids that they beat. Furthermore, those kids that are at the bottom of the barrel may be worse off as if the teacher knows that they are slow and a poor learning they may devote less energy to helping them learn
2006-11-30 11:46:07 · answer #2 · answered by Danielle F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a teen doesn't bypass her making use of try- might want to we supply her a license because we dont choose her "self- self belief" to bypass down the drain? NO- I took them... from time to time I did poorly- yet that shows I for sure didnt prep puzzling sufficient or pay interest. childrens lately play no longer something yet victims and this new society shall we them... Come on.
2016-10-08 00:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if there is standerized testing, then we need standerized teachers, then with that you will need Standerized books, then standerized class times, and finally standerized kids
2006-11-30 09:57:09 · answer #4 · answered by phuckdis69 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It disproportionately favors the economically advantaged..
2006-11-30 09:58:16 · answer #5 · answered by prescott43 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋