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"Peter H. Reynolds, creativity advocate and best-selling author and illustrator, and co-founder of FableVision Learning, has created a new animated short called The Testing Camera — a whimsical poke at high-stakes, standardized testing and a reminder that real assessment is as easy, and — at the same time — as challenging as getting to really know the gifts and talents of every child." 
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Here we address a handful of the factors that are holding students back from being ready to start college.
Beth Dichter's insight:
What are the issues that impact our ability to meet the new College and Career Readiness standards in the Common Core? This post explores a number of issues. For example: * Do standardized tests truly prepare students for college? * Are the expectations expected by high schools set at appropriate levels? * Do students have the appropriate social skills necessary for college? An additional seven issues are also explored in this post.
Tyler Crain's curator insight,
October 27, 2014 10:58 AM
very important if not wanting to do college but not be there. |
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A new study makes it clear what growth in standardized test performance doesn’t buy us: cognitive ability.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Today we have students taking more and more standardized tests. This post shares information on "standardized test scores (Math and English language arts) and cognitive ability (working memory, processing speed, and abstract reasoning)" from ~1400 students 8th grade students in Boston (schools include traditional, exam and charter). The question I would ask is why are we focused on standardized tests? Is this the primary way we should assess our students? Do standardized tests become critical thinkers, creative thinkers? This list could go on. The information in this post may surprise you and there are links to the original paper and supplement.
Monica S Mcfeeters's curator insight,
February 18, 2014 5:11 AM
I am concerned about the massive growth of standardized test as a tool to motivate learning and improvement in education. These also even seem to be an intimidation tool used against staff and school systems these days far more than an formative evaluation tool. The best evaluations for both formative and summative are by far real life performance based and the real process is always iterative and ongoing. That is everything in learning is iterative with exception of life and death training that must be passed by a 100% success standard and then maintained at that.
Are standardized test a distraction from the sometimes messy nature of real learning and curiosity which causes people to want to learn something? Are we taking the valuable lessons of trial and error corrections totally out of the learning equation for fear of failure when everything hangs on a standardized test passing score?
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Have you wondered what it means when people talk about adaptive testing? This post helps answer this question. After a short introducation on "the Olden Days" of testing (as in paper and pencils) you quickly find out that adpative testing will be coming to us as we move to testing on computers. Specically adaptive testing allows learners to be challenged based on their knowledge. Easier questions happen at the beginning, and based on learners answers the questions will become more difficult if answered correctly, or easier if answered incorrectly. There is a short video that explains this in more detail.
Dana Houston Jackson's curator insight,
July 12, 2014 9:00 AM
This is where it can all go so wrong. The second a child encounters a question or statement he does not understand, is the second that needs to be explained/worked with until he does understand. Otherwise you pile confusion upon confusion = pain = don't want to do = upset. |
Peter Reynolds shares one view of how students may feel in the high stakes testing environment that exists in schools today. The movie may bring a tear to your eye. The video is short, about 4 minutes, and there is also a poster (shown above). This video could be a great way to begin a discussion on authentic learning and why it is important.