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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But teaching to an internally-administered diagnostic test is not "teaching to the test". It means you use internal testing to assess levels and is simply part of your curriculum. It is not what is meant by "teaching to the test."

Usually when people level the "teaching to the test" criticism, what they mean is that a school is seeking to raise their overall scores on a test like PARCC (the scores for which are made publicly available and thus impact the school's public perception) but teaching kids how to excel on these tests without actually providing a well rounded education. It's usually coupled with criticism of such tests, because if it can be gamed in this way, it must not be a very useful test. You are talking about a total different thing.[/quote]

I'm not sure what you mean by "internally-administered diagnostic test".  The diagnostic tests I'm referencing are mandated by DCPS and administered district-wide. The results are analyzed and dissected at each school. The goal is to raise test scores.[/quote]

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