I DARE YOU TO TAKE A MANDATED READING TEST FOR A NINE YEAR-OLD. | Reclaim Reform

I DARE YOU TO TAKE A MANDATED READING TEST FOR A NINE YEAR-OLD. | Reclaim Reform:

I DARE YOU TO TAKE A MANDATED READING TEST FOR A NINE YEAR-OLD.

Posted on March 27, 2015by Ken Previti

“We took tests when we were kids, and…”
– commonly said by legislators and people who repeat TV talk show blather

STOP!!!

I DARE YOU TO TAKE A MANDATED READING TEST FOR A NINE YEAR-OLD.

Are you sick and tired of listening to this absurd comparison of tests from the past versus the reality of today’s high stakes tests? People the same age or older than the parents of tested school aged children never took the high stakes tests our children are being subjected to day after day.

Dare them to go to this Common Core SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) Practice Test site and answer the first seven questions of the 4th grade Common Core SBAC English Test. Tell them that they can go on to more questions or tests if they so desire.

TELL THEM: After answering seven questions, whether you are a young professional with advanced degrees or a senior who has earned your education in the school of hard knocks, please consider what you have learned about these lucrative for-profit tests. (You might even choose to answer the very short questionnaire at the bottom of this page.)

Directions: Please sign in and take at least the seven initial questions. This will be an eye opener for most people.

Here are the steps to access the 4th Grade Common Core SBAC English Language Arts Test

• Go to http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/
• Scroll Down and Click on Green Box – Students Interface Practice and Training Tests
• Click on Sign In
• Use Pull Down Menu to change to Grade 4, click Yes
• Go to Right Column, 2nd box down – 4th grade ELA (English Language Arts) – click
• Scroll Down and click on Select
• Scroll Down and click on Yes, Start My Test
• Click on Sound symbol – then Click Yes
• Scroll Down and Click on Begin Test Now
• Complete first seven (7) questions
• You can then stop and assess the test or move on

 
RECLAIM REFORM QUESTIONNAIRE:

What do you now realize about this test?

A) I am not a professional, but I DARE YOU TO TAKE A MANDATED READING TEST FOR A NINE YEAR-OLD. | Reclaim Reform: