Can We Take Back Assesment?
Teacher Stories
Submitted on December 8, 2011 by Timothy Boyle
Can you remember the last time your principal looked at data from an assessment you made? I don’t. Do you recall the last time you sat down during a half-day Professional Development and discussed data that didn’t come from an external testing company? I can’t think of anything other than PSSAs or predictive test results being the focus of data reviews at staff meetings, since I started as a teacher. It disturbs me how our students are primarily measured, by federal, state, and local standards, using measurements that we didn’t create.
These externally created assessments have created serious problems in our schools. District leadership and
