I guess I would say it depends on what is being measured. If you are looking for mastery of benchmarks, yes retakes or some type of assessment that continues to check to see if a student has mastered the learning should be happening. If it is a test at the end of a grading period and the purpose is to see what students have retained then no. In Literacy, I question the "test" idea anyway. What are you testing? If you are assessing writing or reading, what "test" are you giving. Wouldn't you be assessing benchmarks multiple times and in different ways. That would take care of the driver's license or bar exam idea. Kids would have multiple chances to show they mastered a benchmark. If you are talking about spelling tests, I think those should just be for placement for learning and possibly to see growth, not assessment. Looking at really writing to see if spelling is improving would be the assessment. If you are testing knowledge of a piece of literature. Then I ask why? To see if it was really read? If students need to know some particular vocabulary or terms, wouldn't a quick check up quiz work and then reteach and then retest. (ex. types of sentences, figurative language form) and wouldn't students be learning these in order to be able to speak intelligently about their writing not becaise they need these terms to write well. Oops...getting carried away!
________________________________ From: mosaic-bounces+kay.kuenzl-stenerson=oshkosh.k12.wi...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of [email protected] Sent: Wed 10/7/2009 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5 (Sophia L. Whittaker) 2. Re: Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5 (EDWARD JACKSON) 3. Re: Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5 (Wendy Lockie) 4. Re: Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5 ([email protected]) 5. Re: Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5 (EDWARD JACKSON) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:45:08 -0400 From: "Sophia L. Whittaker" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5 To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 If you have an opinion please respond. Why should or shouldn't teachers give re-takes on tests/assessments? Sophia Whittaker, NBCT Media Specialist Gator Run Elementary 1101 Glades Parkway Weston, FL 33327 754-323-5850 http://teacherweb.com/FL/GatorRunElementary/MrsWhittaker/ "Act as though what you do makes a difference. It does" William James The School Board of Broward County, Florida expressly prohibits bullying, including cyberbullying, by or towards any student or employee. (See Policy 5.9: "Anti-Bullying" for additional information.) > > > Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist > Broken Bow, NE > > > > > > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD > Join me > >> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:45:08 -0400 >> To: [email protected] >> From: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5 >> >> If you have an opinion please respond. >> Why should or shouldn't teachers give re-takes on tests/assessments? >> >> Sophia Whittaker, NBCT >> Media Specialist >> Gator Run Elementary >> 1101 Glades Parkway >> Weston, FL 33327 >> 754-323-5850 >> http://teacherweb.com/FL/GatorRunElementary/MrsWhittaker/ >> >> "Act as though what you do makes a difference. It does" William James >> >> The School Board of Broward County, Florida expressly prohibits bullying, >> including cyberbullying, by or towards any student or employee. (See >> Policy 5.9: "Anti-Bullying" for additional information.) >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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. End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6 ************************************* _______________________________________________ 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.
