Re: Your feelings on Praxis testing

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I would like to meet the bureaucrats who get paid to "compose" these
exams! Necessary and unavoidable evils that will never cease. Not
a truly effective gauge of one's knowledge and expertise in a chosen
field.

Memorization for regurgatation... do them, pass them, then move on...

On 1/27/09, gladys rosario wrote:
>
> I feel the same way. I have been teaching for 9 years. I have
> passed my Spanish praxis and the praxis I in writing. I have not
> passed the math by 9 points and the reading by 1 point. I have
> spend money and time studying and taking personal reviews. I
> think I am pretty good on what I do and I have 9 years of
> satisfactory experience. However I might have to give up what I
> love doing: teaching. I also think if these tests are so
> important to become a teacher why the requirements vary from
> state to state? The scores should be consistent throughtout the
> nation.,
> On 9/20/06, Dee wrote:
>> On 6/13/03, Angela wrote:
>>> Laurie, I put my answers in all caps so you can pick them
>>> out. As you can tell, I have a pretty strong negative
>>> feeling about these tests.
>>>
>>> On 6/05/03, Laurie Dally wrote:
>>>> I'm conducting some research on teacher testing for a
>>>> Tests & Measurements course that I'm taking. Anyone
>>>> interesting in answering the following questions?
>>>>
>>>> 1. What type of Praxis test have you taken? PRAXIS I
>>>> 2. What was the intended purpose of the test? SUPPOSEDLY
>>> TO INSURE I HAD THE BASIC SKILLS NEEDED TO BE A TEACHER IN
>>> READING, WRITING, AND MATH
>>>> 3. Who made the decision for you to take it? MY
>>> COLLEGE/STATE LICENSING REQUIREMNT
>>>> 4. Was the person who administered the test to you
>>>> trained to adminster the test? A person
>>> at the college whom read the directions, etc.
>>>> 5. What are you thoughts on the effectiveness of the
>>> test? It was dicouraging because it seemed not to relate to
>> teaching.
>>>> 6. What criticisms or issues do you have concerning the
>>>> validity of the test? Myself and many other african-
>> americans have not passed the test by a few points in the
>> math. It was told to me by a science/math teacher that it
>> really tests your test taking skills. Furthermore , I am not
>> a good test taker, consequently I have lost my job because of
>> this one test.
>>>> 7. What are you feelings about the test design and
>>>> construction? It is a money making assessment
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your comments.

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