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Re: TeacherInsight - Thoughts & Advice
Posted by mark on 6/28/09

    On 6/28/09, Miss Independent wrote:

    > However, I do agree with the previous poster that there really is
    > no way to ensure that such a test is free from cultural bias. I
    > know the website says everyone is given the same questions, but to
    > be honest people respond to test questions differently, based on
    > experience and cultural backgrounds. (I just did a long 4 day
    > conference based on this and how it impacts students.)

    And yet we determine a district's performance based upon
    standardized testing. In my state, a district and it's students are
    evaluated upon test scores, and only test scores. Still, this is
    what the people want. They want hard numbers where they can keep
    score. They want some way where they can rank districts and
    students. It's much the same way with the TI test. There's a need
    in society in general for quantification where we can point to
    numbers and say X is better than Y. Its not great, but its the
    system we have, and while I've heard excellent criticism of the
    system, I've never seen a better, practical system proposed.

    I'm not familiar with any test that isn't culturally biased, except
    perhaps a math test, but even then directions can be misconstrued.
    After all, even the use of the language varies by culture, even if
    they all speak native English. For instance, in England, the word
    "scheme" is used to simply define a plan or course of action. The
    Government's Housing Scheme would not be uncommon and would not have
    the negative connotation that "scheme" has in the US. In the United
    States, someone who described a government program as a scheme,
    would be intentionally casting it in a negative light. This is just
    one example.
    >
    > Complaints aside, does anyone have any test taking advice specific
    > to the TeacherInsight?

    If you mean the Teacher Insight on-line survey which is usually
    given as part of an on-line application, I would suggest selecting
    the most student centered response which focuses on all students
    learning. Never pick the response that focuses on the teacher's
    thoughts or feelings.

    I've heard that there are Teacher Insight tests used in interviews,
    but I'm not familiar with those.

    Good Luck in you job hunt...

     
     

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