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.
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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
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