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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: How Valuable/Viable Are SBAC's Recent Testing Decisions?

Missouri Education Watchdog: How Valuable/Viable Are SBAC's Recent Testing Decisions?:


How Valuable/Viable Are SBAC's Recent Testing Decisions?

Clueless on the true purpose of education and testing.  SBAC at work?



An educator recently sent me an email reacting to a recent Ed Week article about Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia's test development quandaries.  She has given me permission to reprint her remarks and the highlighted statements are from the Ed Week article.

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Attached is an article from Ed Week (Testing Group Scales Back Performance Items) that describes the