Blog Prompts






Issues in Standardized Testing
Due December 8th at 11pm, comments due December 11th at 11pm

Blog Post
  • Discuss one question or confusion you have from reading Module 30.
  • What are some of the tensions that arise (for students, teacher, and schools) from high stakes standardized testing? Why do these arise?
  • What are high stakes tests measuring, exactly? Are they measuring intelligence or something else? How do you know?
  • If a student fails a standardized test (gets a 50% score), is it because of the test or the student? How do you know?