Posts tagged with testing

Avoiding a repeat of Pineapple-gate

March14

A letter from a New Jersey Superintendent started making the rounds on Friday. The letter included the following: An alert by the state department of education, late at night, that there had been a “test security” breach. An inaccurate allegation by the state official that a picture of a test question had been posted on […]

Asking the wrong questions of technology…

May6

There has been a huge roll-out of technology with the advent of SBAC testing in California (and elsewhere in the country with CCSS testing in all forms). But is this really making education better? Is it making our kids better? Or is it like using Robbie shown above, good for little beyond holding the pretty […]

Sometimes more is really less

November25

Sample Items | Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium The item above comes from a sample item on the SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) website, and it’s supposed to assess the writing  of an argument (what used to be called persuasive writing). Click on the image to get a larger view to read the task.

What if we reduced testing, and focused on teacher created assessments?

October21

The case for this (from three testing experts: MT: What is your advice on the right balance between validity and reliability, especially if we want to embrace the goals implicit in the Common Core? HE: I think the importance of reliability has been overblown. BL: I agree it is less important than comparability and validity and fairness.  It […]

You get what you ask for…

July16

So after my last post, someone on Twitter sent this response: @Larryferlazzo @alicemercer By PARCC Blueprints this % unacceptable. Reporting inaccurate or field tested items not reflecting final product — Dea Conrad-Curry (@doctordea) July 16, 2013   Basically, the teacher who are reporting on the New York State test may have seen so many questions […]

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