High stake test: Suggestions/solutions

High stake test: Suggestions/solutions

Wait and see

I think what the state is doing for testing students in the High schools after each year is a step in the right direction. However we will not know the results until 2011-2012 school year when that class of students are scheduled to be the first cohort. I also think if students were tested on what the objectives were on that particular school year we would have a better picture of the student and teacher accomplishments rather than waiting 2 or 3 years down the line. –East, February 9 2008, EDCI 6304

Deal with it

…As long as our educational system is politically and economically driven, a solution to educational reform will not end.—East, February 10 2008, EDCI 6304

Unfortunately, high stakes testing isn't going anywhere. As long as there are politicians, there will be NCLB…since we see no end to high stakes testing, as educators, let's try to provide our students a SAFE environment, stress free, and collaborate with others to achieve student success.—Nora Lamas, February 9 2008, EDCI 6304

Use it partially

I agree that there is a need for accountability to ensure that our students are getting a quality education, but testing should be part of the process to determine that, not the deciding factor.

Have alternatives

I hope that we are in agreement that there is a need for testing and there is a real need to close the achievement gaps among the various groups of students. So if we throw out TAKS, what would you suggest to be the better alternatives? Dorothy, February 7, 2008, EDCI 6304

http://cie.asu.edu/volume6/number3/index.html, try this website and go to Voulme 6— East, February 9, 2008, EDCI 6304

Quarterly exams. Maybe a state exam but one that carries some weight. The exam needs to be diversified in order to meet the student's needs. I think that our students success can be measured with quarterly exams rather than a do or die test. –Nora Lamas, February 9 2008, EDCI 6304

I believe would be a good alternative, I would implement portfolios of work done during the year and essays that accompany the portfolios to show that the student has acquired necessary, real-life situational skills that can be applied universally. I believe portfolios would actually show what students can produce throughout the subject areas and not be judged on one exam that was failed because they partied too hard the day before and fell asleep the day of testing.--Ray, February 8 2008, EDCI 6304

Have good teachers

This is why we as a society must do our homework and understand that there are no substituted for a well trained, qualified, competent teacher. This should be the focus of educational reform. A quality teacher will help produce a quality member of society.—Erin, February 10 2008, EDCI 6304

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