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It Changes How Teachers Teach How Testing Is Corrupting Our Classrooms and Student Learning
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Erskine, Janet L. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Last year, my then nine-year old daughter returned home from fourth grade upset. She explained that all she did all day was take tests. Her teacher told her class they had to improve their reading and math test scores on the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills to prove how smart they are. I was confused. For one, my daughter does not need a test to confirm—or worse, deny—her intelligence. Besides, she had already passed fourth grade OAKS reading and math tests in October. Her teacher indicated she exceeded each benchmark test standard with scale scores converting to around 97 percent per test. So, why was she still taking the same tests in December? We needed a conference. Upon arriving at her school, I noticed the front hall blanketed with charts and graphs. Student names were listed on colorful rockets and pie charts denoting specific practice tests they had passed in preparation for the real deal. Framed academic awards championing the names of children who had already passed their OAKS lined the opposite wall. Another bulletin board in front of a first grade classroom read, “Socratic Seminar: Scholarly Discourse Based on Grade Level Text.” I wondered how children and families felt about this particular item and accompanying research about Guided Language Acquisition Strategies. Over half of the student population is English language learners, some who had recently moved to the United States. I doubted they cared about such matters. It is not uncommon for parents in this school to have eleventh grade educations. I doubted they would choose to wade through such weighty text. I couldn’t think of highly educated families Overview of the Problem |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1045812.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
