1. The question I am trying to find out and pose is if now-a-days we are focusing too much on high-stakes testing scores or if we are not preparing future students enough for the global economy which includes using technology well and always advancing. Government will cut funds to schools that dont test well and will give grants to ones that are doing really well.
2. We need technology in order to improve students scores and have better ways to teach students with disabilities. Also, technology is a key part of classrooms and classroom instruction today. We should be giving the grants to the schools that are not scoring well in order to provide more up to date technology.
3. That from my point of view high-stakes testing are test like the PSSA's, SAT's and GED's. These test are high stakes because there is a lot of value place on this one test. For example, I was 6th in my class and never missed a day in high school and was a striaght A student but I messed up my SAT's a little and Pitt didnt accept me into their school. The issue is that we are cutting the funding to these schools and then eventually closing them and then making them go into a new school. This is making things hard on students and making it difficult to stay current in school and their grades suffer. We need to give funding to schools in need and show them new current methods and technologies to teach their students better. Scores shouldnt have the final say in anything.
4. I still want to find out more stat's about high stakes testing scores and more ways to have a better option to find out what students know than those test. Also, the technologies that are new and up to date that can help students learn information better. Technologies such as: smart boards, projectors, computers,tv and different software that is available. I really want to see the different options to high-stakes testing that are available for students to take.
5. That these schools that are not doing well dont deserve grants and the schools that are doing well should be rewarded and given these grants. Also, that technology will not help these students in any way it all depends on the students and their abilities. High-stakes testing is the best way to get accurate scores of what students have learned and where to be placed.
6. Educational Technology- The development of a Concept
Catching Up or Leading the Way
Hey, here's that article I was talking about today in class. It apparently deals with something completely apart from what I remembered.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/174286.html
Synopsis: Michelle Rhee, educational reform advocate and former chancellor of the D.C. schools (or something) was supposed to be overseeing standardized testing, which she was all for, and a lot of the kids under her watch were cheating. Google "Michelle Rhee cheating scandal" and you should be able to find some more stuff. I know it's late in the game, but you might be able to take a personal interest in it later. I dunno.