Today I took a Praxis II exam for English Language Arts (there are several types of these purporting to test one’s knowledge of things such as composition, literature, teaching writing, etc.) as a necessary (required)…
Posts tagged standardized testing
Vouchers: Degrade and Defund
A local blog by Steve Hinnefeld called School Matters offers this report on a standards testing success at two elementary schools in Lafayette. Hinnefeld makes this observation: But at least with Murdock and Thomas Miller,…
Standardized Tests: Ideology in the Guise of Impartial “Measurement”
How aware are you of how schools (systems and single–like districts or single elementary or secondary units) are measured “successful”? Graduation rates? Percentage of graduates pursuing further education? Percentage of graduates employed? Percentage of drop-outs? …