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Re: TeacherInsight - Thoughts & Advice
Posted by Jodi on 6/30/09

    On 6/29/09, Teach277 wrote:
    > What I'd like to know is who created the TI? How much were they paid
    to create such a b.s.
    > test? How much of the New York City Department of Ed. money was wasted
    for that?
    >
    > Not only was that test rediculous, it was a waste of time. I was
    accepted in the "New Teacher
    > Finder" or how I like to call it, "The No Teaching Positions
    Application". I have logged onto
    > that thing almost twice a day before they announced the NYC hiring
    freeze. Now what? Just
    > sit and wait. All the money I have wasted on my degree, state tests,
    certification, has been a
    > waste thus far... b/c here I am three years later still a substitute
    teacher who cannot make
    > ends meet.
    >
    > As far as the way teachers in America teach, it really is a joke. I
    have seen classrooms that
    > have spun out of control b/c the teacher has no control whatsoever.
    The children have no
    > boundaries. Students need boundaries and they need to pay attention.
    They must be
    > responsible for their own work. We give grades to leniently, always
    curving or passing. I
    > believe that we should teach like the Chinese, only letting students
    move onto the next grade
    > level when they have mastered the content. Making them actually WORK,
    not let them GEY BY.
    > Challenge them so they reach optimum potential. Parents need to get on
    board with this too,
    > respect teachers and administrators need to stop bending for parents
    and back their
    > personnel.
    >
    >
    > On 6/28/09, rich wrote:
    >> On 6/28/09, mark wrote:
    >>> On 6/28/09, Miss Independent wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> And yet we determine a district's performance based upon
    >>> standardized testing. In my state, a district and it's [its]
    >> 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.
    >>
    >> Actually, it's not at all.
    >>
    >> Standardized test: measures knowledge which can be normed against a
    >> standard. Tests the content taught in schools. Are made common
    >> knowledge. Scores are sometimes made public. Much time is spent
    >> preparing students. The ultimate goal is for all students to do
    >> well.
    >>
    >> Standardized interviews: measures judgements, values, beliefs, and
    >> reactions which cannot be accurately normed against a standard. The
    >> content of the questions does not match the content taught as
    >> professional knowledge. They are kept secret, and the people taking
    >> them are not allowed to know their score. There is no preparation
    >> allowed. The ultimate goal is for only a few to perform well.
    >>
    >> While we strive to eliminate as much bias as possible from
    >> standardized tests because they are mandatory, the TI is completely
    >> designed to discriminate against something. And that something
    >> could be affected by cultural, race, or background. Would you like
    >> a fluently bilingual Chinese math teacher? Wouldn't that be a great
    >> asset to your math department? Do you think the TI might present a
    >> little problem in hiring that person?
    >>
    >> Is the TI an interview or a test? I think that is the legal
    >> question. If it is a test, and white males over 40 consistently get
    >> screened out, it's discriminatory and breaks federal law. We might
    >> not know how it discriminates, but if we look at the demographics of
    >> those who "pass," they better look like the demographic of the whole
    >> population who takes it.
    >>
    >>
    >>>> 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 always, always do this, and it hasn't helped me. But it's still
    >> the only advice that I have ever heard.
    >>
    >> Is there an administrator version of the TI?
    > I have no idea what the T1 entails, however

     
     

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