The Controversies Surrounding Standardized Tests
Jejak Panda Hallo Ketemu Lagi Di Situs Kesayangan Anda daftar bandarq The other day, the Connecticut State Department of Education released the student results of the first SBAC test, and we learned, well, nothing we didn’t already know. The tests were a little harder than the CMTs or CAPT, especially in Math. But otherwise, the students in the wealthiest towns did well and the students in the poorest towns did poorly. I shared the results with the students in my Pre-Teaching course, showing them the range, from students at New Canaan High, where 82% of 11 th graders were proficient in Literacy, to Bridgeport, where 17% and 15% of 11 th graders at Harding and Bassick, respectively, were proficient. My students were shocked, but they shouldn’t be. Standardized tests have revealed similar discrepancies since their inception. There are many ways to look at these results. Some would praise the tests for shedding light on the achieve...