Re: College Exit Exams

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

Hi Martha,
    without knowing more details, I would guess the answer is internalized
oppression.
    Judi
----- Original Message -----
From: M. Dawson <mdawson@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 11:06 PM
Subject: College Exit Exams


> Thank you for your informed discussion.
> I live in Florida where Gov.Jeb Bush and Gov.Chiles and Senator Gordon
> have brought us testing at its most absurd. This testing scourge will
> not be run out of the state soon.
>
> Since 1981, in Florida we college profs. have been fighting the CLAST
> (primarily required of students transfering from our two year colleges
> to the four year colleges). As that test seems to have out lived its
> purpose, other state tests pop up like poisonous mushrooms.
>
>
> Here is my issue for tonight:
> As an assistant prof of English at a small private liberal arts college
> in Miami, I have been serving on a commmittee that is charged with
> writing an EXIT EXAM for our students.
>
> Presumably this test that we generate would serve at a road block for
> our own students.
>
> Our provost has asked the committe to present a proposal for testing our
> students in writing, critical thinking, use of technology, and oral
> communication skills.
>
> Schools that have instituted junior level writing exams as a condition
> of graduation include U. Maine, SFSU, CalPoly, the U of S. Dakota
> system, Old Dominion, and UH in Texas.
> Bethel College - Kansas requires its students to pass a 50 minute
> computer literacy proficiecy exam in which they are asked to perform
> several operations, including manupulating files and directories and
> using a network drive.
> And so on.
>
> Are exit exams paired with college-wide assessment?
>
> I guess what I am really asking is if anyone has any insight as to why
> admin at a small historically Black college would feel the need to
> commit to an EXIT EXAM.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martha
>
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