Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing. 11 problems created by the standardized testing obsession. Too Much Test Stress? Parents, Experts Discuss High-Stakes Standardized Test Anxiety. Rebeccah Beller’s third-grade daughter Kate Wolfe isn’t usually one to get overwhelmed by tests.
That’s why the Jacksonville mother found it surprising last week when her daughter, came home from Holiday Hill Elementary in tears, hyperventilating over her Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Near the end of the test, Kate realized she’d filled her bubble sheet out wrong. Is Standardized Testing Failing Our Kids? For many families, awaiting the results of a child's yearly test has become just another rite of passage.
But the practice of “standardized testing,” whether it's to judge a child's eligibility to advance a grade, or their caliber as a college applicant, is anything but standard issue. It's been hailed by some as the answer to school performance woes, and condemned by others as the very cause of them. Standardized tests are killing our students' creativity, desire to learn. By Don Batt Posted: 03/10/2013 12:01:00 AM MST Third-grader Royce Hill takes a peek at a mock CSAP test at Stedman Elementary School in Denver.
(Denver Post file) There is a monster waiting for your children in the spring. Its creators have fashioned it so that however children may prepare for it, they will be undone by its clever industry. Assessment and Accommodations. By Stephen D.
Luke, Ed.D., & Amanda Schwartz, Ph.D. Evidence for Education, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2007 Resources updated, October 2010 Download PDF Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Big Picture: Expectations, Content, and TestingDeciding Which Accommodations a Student NeedsTypes of AccommodationsWhat Does the Research Say? What About Alternate Assessments? Standardized Tests - ProCon.org. How Standardized Testing Damages Education (Updated July 2012) How do schools use standardized tests?
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era has seen an unprecedented expansion of standardized testing and test misuse. Despite ample evidence of the flaws, biases and inaccuracies of standardized exams, NCLB and related state and federal policies, such as Race to the Top (RTTT) and the NCLB waivers, have pressured schools to use tests to measure student learning, achievement gaps, and teacher and school quality, and to impose sanctions based on test scores. This is on top of using tests to determine if children are ready for school; track them into instructional levels; diagnose learning disabilities, retardation and other handicaps; and decide whether to promote, retain in grade, or graduate.