Re: National tests

[Diane Aoki <dkeikoa@hawaii.rr.com>]

Actually, the argument was cast in terms of how we do on SATs (Stanford)
compared to how we do on the state assessments. There is a big discrepancy,
generally doing better on the SATs than on the HSAs (Hawaii State
Assessment). We do a portion of the SAT-9 along with the state tests. She is
critical of our HSAs, which is a good thing, because we all are. But offers
as a solution, national tests and national curriculum and national
standards. I have a bad feeling about this, and I am trying to figure out
why. 

Thank you for your article, Jerry. Diane


On 10/7/06 7:41 AM, "Gerald Bracey" <gbracey@starpower.net> wrote:

> One needn't buy the assumption that "we're doing so badly."  American 8th
> graders finished 9th among 45 nations in TIMSS science and above average in
> math.  The finished 7th among 29 OECD nations in PISA.
> 
> I imagine that the argument was cast in terms of contrasting the proportion of
> students states say are proficient against the usually much lower proportions
> that NAEP says are proficient. But the NAEP achievement levels are horribly
> off.  They've been rejected by everyone who has ever studied them.
> 
> I wrote "Oh, those NAEP achievement levels" as my September 2005 column in
> Principal Leadership and will send separately as I have to convert it to a
> text file first. Alas, the prediction made therein has come true.
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