I am reading the book "The Death and Life of the American schools" which talks about state testing and what it has done to the American schools. It is quite an interesting reading. I hope for the sake of our students we stop this train wreck called state testing. I am for testing student skills but we must have a system that is fair and consistent.
TPRI (reading test/3 times per year) individual test DIBELS (reading test/every other week) individual ITBS (all subjects/end of year) whole group District benchmarks (reading/math/writing twice a year)small gr unit tests (reading/every 4-5 lessons) individual MCLASS progress monitoring (math/every other week)individual MCLASS benchmarks (math/3 times per year) individual unit tests (math/end of unit/approx. every other week) whole gr
Note how many of these are individually administered. They take a huge bite out of instruction time. When do I get to actually TEACH what I am supposed to be testing?!?!?!
Oh yeah, my principal wants to add some new BURST program. More tests. yippee.....
TPRI (reading test/3 times per year) individual test DIBELS (reading test/every other week) individual ITBS (all subjects/end of year) whole group District benchmarks (reading/math/writing twice a year)small gr unit tests (reading/every 4-5 lessons) individual MCLASS progress monito...See More