tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post2956610529420117307..comments2024-03-15T02:09:23.712-06:00Comments on for the love of learning: Is Alberta changing their standardized tests?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047405950514440042noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-5851561105401764552014-12-08T08:26:59.905-07:002014-12-08T08:26:59.905-07:00The reason a few understudies and overseers have b...The reason a few understudies and overseers have been in restriction is on the grounds that state administered tests are given and scored in an uniform or standard way. While facilities are made for understudies with incapacities, yet most different understudies who may have enthusiastic issues or are basically not great test takers are all painted with the same brush. 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These tests are essential to usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-70236969937310591992013-03-29T15:11:43.402-06:002013-03-29T15:11:43.402-06:00Joe, I agree with your points above, but I have a ...Joe, I agree with your points above, but I have a different concern. This is a time when we will be undergoing cutbacks in education, at least for those who choose to remain in the profession.<br /><br />It seems impractical, and I worked in private industry before becoming a teacher, to even have standardized tests of any form, let alone new ones. There is a cost involved and I think the cost would be greater to develop new ones, particularly if, as you point out, the message and direction are fuzzy. <br /><br />This continuing to spend money at a time when the government is saying we all need to tighten our belts seems inconsistent with the earlier messages sent by the government about fiscal restraint. It is not sound business practice.<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />IvonTeacher as Transformerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744755985245192616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-72479190285292318972013-03-29T14:14:48.889-06:002013-03-29T14:14:48.889-06:00"there is no such thing as a standardized tes..."there is no such thing as a standardized test that assesses competencies" ... no such thing at the provincal level? at all? Like many others, I've given a raft of tests over the years that were meant to do just that, assess competency in general, and specific competencies (in the trendy "21st C" use of the term).<br /><br />Perhaps I'm a bit confused... feel free to correct my definitions. Competency = ability to put a skill into practice, scope of one's ability and/or knowledge. Standardized test = an assessment that can be consistently marked (repeatable, objective, results can be compared), not necessarily multiple choice (but these are the most familiar). <br /><br />Why can't one's competency be assessed with a standardized test? I'm not arguing that it is the best way to do it (all in favour of portfolios), but I can see a value, for example, in showing the same set of images (e.g. political cartoons, images from WWI, a graph, quote, etc.) to each cohort of students in a controlled environment and using the same rubric to assess their ability to unpack the information, decode the meaning, and respond to the subject with the tools and knowledge they have developed under my awesome tutelage. Maybe I'm missing something...Thielmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907258798180934257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707703066300530859.post-70965253781550887682013-03-29T14:13:34.619-06:002013-03-29T14:13:34.619-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thielmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907258798180934257noreply@blogger.com