Wendy, the people making the educational decisions in America today are not educators. I could say much, much more (and have) but that's truly the bottom line.
Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: Wendy Robertson <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 21:30:03 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] State Assessment In my opinion and in a word--NO. I am from Canada and I am always baffled with the assessment policies and practices in the States. I work in an IB school so often come down to the States for training and hear American teachers bemoan the standardized testing they are mandated to do. I think with our knowledge of how the brain works and how we learn there should be multiple ways of showing their knowledge. I apologize if I don't understand the philosophy of the testing, but I work in a very different system--anyway I still think a State mandated assessment should not be an absolute ticket or barrier to post secondary education. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Denise Diana Saddler" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:24 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] State Assessment > Hi everyone, > > As I read our class book, “The Shame of the Nation” by Kozol there are > many statements and questions about the state mandated assessments and > what is the true cause behind the state assessment(s). I recognized in > today’s society that many students who take the state assessment end up > with a stigma attach to them. The stigma attached is either you are smart > and will continue on with a productive live as a student or you are dumb > and will probably be a drop-out. The thing about the state assessment is; > it is only as good as the ways the results are utilize and corrections are > implemented for the child. The problem however is that many state > assessments are causing today’s high school children to give up on > college. Children have to pass the state assessment and if they do not > then instead of getting a high school diploma they received a certificate > of completion. Many parents who are unaware of this are of the minority > group, these parents did see their child walk across the stage and in > there mind there child did graduate only to find out that their child did > complete all required course for high school but did not pass the state > assessment. College and universities all have petition forms that students > may fill out to prove why they should enter a program even although they > have not pass a required assessment, so why is a petition not available > for children who just cannot pass the state assessment but demonstrated > great success with the required high school course work. My question is > should a state mandated assessment stop a child from going to college even > although he or she has successfully completed all required high school > course work? > > Denise Saddler > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
