http://jen5729.edublogs.org/2008/04/06/assessment/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:21:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://jen5729.edublogs.org/2008/04/06/assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-24 park Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:47:27 +0000 http://jen5729.edublogs.org/2008/04/06/assessment/#comment-24 Well said, Jen. I had the same thoughts. How can we based our students' futures in the hands of how well they test, often on one assessment? Wouldn't it be wonderful if NCLB's idea of assessment was the authentic assessments of projects, portfolios, role play, etc.? My county recently switched math program to be more hands-on. This is a complaint to our parents, and many teachers, because it assesses on how well you can apply a concept. The parents are so used to seeing the number and letter grades that they don't know how to make of it. They don't care if their child has to come up with 3 ways to show an answer. They just want the answer. Look at our EDS program. We had to take the GRE and score a certain number to get in. It seems everything is based on numbers in our society. ARGH! Well said, Jen. I had the same thoughts. How can we based our students’ futures in the hands of how well they test, often on one assessment? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if NCLB’s idea of assessment was the authentic assessments of projects, portfolios, role play, etc.? My county recently switched math program to be more hands-on. This is a complaint to our parents, and many teachers, because it assesses on how well you can apply a concept. The parents are so used to seeing the number and letter grades that they don’t know how to make of it. They don’t care if their child has to come up with 3 ways to show an answer. They just want the answer. Look at our EDS program. We had to take the GRE and score a certain number to get in. It seems everything is based on numbers in our society. ARGH!

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