Re: Why does Fairtest endorse 1993 ed reform act?

[Judi Hirsch <judih@OUSD.K12.CA.US>]

I'm not sure I agree that we shouldn;t all be talking the same language,
but i do agree that we shouldn;t be compaing kids to each other, but
rather to themselves. I do like the California Learning Record, though,
for a model of how we can talk to each other across grades and schools
about how & what children are doing, but I am more interested in their
cognitive skills than I am in their scores on standardized tests, so I guess
that's how I look at them and am always looking to see how they are
dealing with problem solving rather than reading or writing, and am
always more interested in how they organize their notebooks and
backpacks than I am in how many words they spell coarrectly on a test.
Judi

----- Original Message -----
From: Irv Besecker <besecker@SPRYNET.COM>
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Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: Why does Fairtest endorse 1993 ed reform act?


> I don't think we should standardize anything, including good ideas like
> authentic assessment.  That's when it gets bastardized.  Ten different
> schools or classrooms can practice 10 different kinds of authentic
> assessment and all be meaninful to students, depending on the individuals
> involved.  BTW, what is miscue evaluation?  Irv
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Harman <susanharman@IGC.ORG>
> To: ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU>
> Date: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Why does Fairtest endorse 1993 ed reform act?
>
>
> >Debby said: > And performance based/authentic testing is
> >> not> standardized, nor centralized, nor high stakes testing
> >Id like to think we could standardize some components of an authentic
> >system, such as miscue evaluation. Weve been working on that in my
> >school, and Ill stand by its standardization (pun intended). Thats not
> >the enemy; the enemies are high-stakes and norm-referened and
> politically-referenced.
> >Susan
> >
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