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Why do decision makers ignore all the evidence? Show me one study that shows positive results of all this testing?
Praline It is amazing how much time we spend on testing, even for first graders... every week, a spelling test, a math test, an English test, and a reading test. Then we do DIBELS 3 times a year. We also do math and reading district test at the end of the school year. We also do math Blitz 3 times a year.

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Jun 3, 2011
sarah I agree! It wastes so much real learning time! And with 1st graders I have to teach them to take the test....they don't automatically know how to bubble or how to follow a passage in a test booklet; so much time is spent in simply familiarizing students to the format of the test. And I feel that 2 hours (for each test section )of sitting still and ...See More
Jun 3, 2011
Barbara I agree also. The time spent "teaching how to take the test" and then "taking the test" could be put to much better use.

On 6/03/11, sarah wrote: > > I agree! It wastes so much real learning time! And with 1st > graders I have to teach them to take the test....they don't
Jun 4, 2011


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