Re: A teacher seeking advice...

[Sean Obrien <sobrien@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>]

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Bill,
My take on it is that they were given the fourth grade scores and are being
asked to study possible 'improvements' that they can make at k-2 grade
levels that will insure that the fourth grade scores are okey dokey. Our
district isn't administering the off year opts that can be purchased for
those grade levels,yet. Districts all across Ohio are administering the
tests. Got a call from a mom that lives in Elyria. Her 1st grade son will
have to take the opt in March that includes a one hour writing test.
Mary


> From: "Dr. William C. Cala, Ed.D." <wcala@SERVTECH.COM>
> Reply-To: Assessment Reform Network Mailing List <ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU>
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 00:21:17 -0400
> To: ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU
> Subject: Re: A teacher seeking advice...
>
> Mary,
>
> Which is it?  Test scores?  If it is improving standardizing test scores at
> the 2nd grade level, the answer is clear... Nothing!  These tests should not
> be given at grade 2.  I spent three months exclusively examining CTBS and
> IOWA score relationships and correlations from year to year and cohort to
> cohort.  End result:  Zip, Nada, Zilch.
>
> Bill

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