On Jul 22, 2007, at 6:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In my opinion STAR is strictly assessing vocabulary. There is no > assessment > of higher level thinking skills within the context of a real story. > > Rosie
Rosie, You are exactly right about this, and it's one of the reasons I think we need to be very wary of taking test scores seriously, at least in how they are categorized. The reading is not authentic, the test questions are often confusing in their design to trick students, and the writing questions are particularly odious. Renee "We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say, 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those, who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes." ~ Fred Rogers _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
