We need way more standardized testing

[Anonymous]

These kids are not learning anything with remote “learning.” We should be aggressively measuring how fall they are falling behind. We need a lot more information about the size of the hole we are digging for these kids.

[Anonymous]

Omg are you serious? I agree with the problem but the LAST thing we need is more standardized tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These kids are not learning anything with remote “learning.” We should be aggressively measuring how fall they are falling behind. We need a lot more information about the size of the hole we are digging for these kids.

No one wants to know how badly these kids are getting screwed. Everyone is looking the other way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg are you serious? I agree with the problem but the LAST thing we need is more standardized tests.

More information, more transparency, more accountability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These kids are not learning anything with remote “learning.” We should be aggressively measuring how fall they are falling behind. We need a lot more information about the size of the hole we are digging for these kids.

Start with yourself. Your spelling and grammar needs some work. As a teacher, there is enough testing, it's just not going to be truly valid as there is no way of knowing if student work was done independently or with assistance (books, calculator, internet, caregivers). I'll wait for when kids can attend the physical classroom.

[Anonymous]

As a teacher, I completely agree. We need to start seeing where the children are at currently and where we can begin to fill in the gaps before they go back to the classrooms physically. In other words, we need a game plan. Where can we tweak the curriculum, for next year, to focus on standards that the students struggled with last year? As far as cheating... students cheat online and in the classroom. This is nothing new. There are many sights like hapara that assist with monitoring and locking sites. Any little bit helps

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These kids are not learning anything with remote “learning.” We should be aggressively measuring how fall they are falling behind. We need a lot more information about the size of the hole we are digging for these kids.

Start with yourself. Your spelling and grammar needs some work. As a teacher, there is enough testing, it's just not going to be truly valid as there is no way of knowing if student work was done independently or with assistance (books, calculator, internet, caregivers). I'll wait for when kids can attend the physical classroom.

Nothing worse than a teacher pointing out another persons grammatical mistakes yet has grammatical mistakes herself 🤦🏽‍♀️. Damn you make us teachers look bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These kids are not learning anything with remote “learning.” We should be aggressively measuring how fall they are falling behind. We need a lot more information about the size of the hole we are digging for these kids.

Start with yourself. Your spelling and grammar needs some work. As a teacher, there is enough testing, it's just not going to be truly valid as there is no way of knowing if student work was done independently or with assistance (books, calculator, internet, caregivers). I'll wait for when kids can attend the physical classroom.

Teachers know kids are not learning anything.

Also, there are no spelling or grammatical errors in the previous post.

[Anonymous]

You do realize standardized testing is not a measure of progress or intelligence and is based in racism right?

The most successful countries do not even use standardized testing and if they do children are taught how to take these tests.

I went to school in Japan and testing there is very high stakes, you can't even get into any good HS without a test. However they teach you how to take tests from K AND studying/learning.

Part of test taking is HOW to take it, which the US doesn't explicitly teach. And how could we focus on that when so many kids can't even read?

Your middle and upper SES kids might be ok, because mommy or daddy has time to help or a tutor but that's not the same for all kids or kids whose disabilities make it really difficult. And no they can't be except because St Coletta takes most of the exemptions.

[Anonymous]

More testing? This is a foolish thought, but a great way to waste money that should be directed elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

That would be great for kids mental health!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These kids are not learning anything with remote “learning.” We should be aggressively measuring how fall they are falling behind. We need a lot more information about the size of the hole we are digging for these kids.

Start with yourself. Your spelling and grammar needs some work. As a teacher, there is enough testing, it's just not going to be truly valid as there is no way of knowing if student work was done independently or with assistance (books, calculator, internet, caregivers). I'll wait for when kids can attend the physical classroom.

Teachers know kids are not learning anything.

Also, there are no spelling or grammatical errors in the previous post.

+1. The PP wrote "fall" instead of "far" but that hardly qualifies as a spelling error. That's called a typo. To make matters more pathetic, the teacher's writing is worse than the PP's. How obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These kids are not learning anything with remote “learning.” We should be aggressively measuring how fall they are falling behind. We need a lot more information about the size of the hole we are digging for these kids.

We have plenty of information already. My child has taken two rounds of standardized formative assessments during the DL year so far already. We don't need the children to take more tests.

What we do need is to do something differently with the test results. If the results tell us that kids in general are not meeting the grade level standards, how are we planning to revise teaching and learning so that there's time for them to catch up? Will we modify the curriculum for the next grade so we are blending two grades together? Will we find extended learning time? Will we plan to provide additional supplemental services for the children that are experiencing the most difficult challenges, like students with disabilities and English learner students?

We don't lack knowledge of which children are struggling the most. We have sufficient data. We just need to act on that data.

[Anonymous]

Standardized testing is a waste of instructional time and resources. You’re misguided.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, I completely agree. We need to start seeing where the children are at currently and where we can begin to fill in the gaps before they go back to the classrooms physically. In other words, we need a game plan. Where can we tweak the curriculum, for next year, to focus on standards that the students struggled with last year? As far as cheating... students cheat online and in the classroom. This is nothing new. There are many sights like hapara that assist with monitoring and locking sites. Any little bit helps

I'm against standardized testing, but in this case, I agree.