Measured Progress and Its Temporary Test Scorers
The standardized testing industry is taking over the American public school classroom.
Increasingly more class time is being devoted to preparing for and administering standardized tests in the name of “global competitiveness” and ensuring students are “college and career ready.”
Even though promoters of corporate reform idolize standardized testing to the degree that many seem to honestly believe standardized testing a flawless indicator of both student progress and teacher worth, there are many weak points to such a position.
For the time being, let us just consider one: The test scorers.
The constructed response portions of most standardized tests are graded by human beings.
Who are these people?
Temp workers with at least some college experience and who are hired en masse with little to no supervision– and whose college transcripts need might not even be verified.
Take the assessment company, Measured Progress. It directs individuals interested in temporary test scorer positions to Kelly Services, a temp company Measured Progress apparently retains for securing its necessary herd of temporary test scorers:
Temporary Reader PositionsWith training provided, Readers evaluate open-ended student responses to elementary and secondary test questions in their assigned subject, and assign scores according to prescribed standards. Measured Progress fills Reader positions seasonally at its scoring locations in Dover, NH; Menands, NY; and Longmont, CO. These and most other temporary positions are staffed through Kelly Services. Please contact your local Kelly Services office to learn more about these positions.Dover, NH
(603) 742-4934Menands, NY
(518) 429-2636Longmont, CO
(866) 238-9853
Speaking of Measured Progress and Kelly Services, this ad appeared on the Denver, CO, Craigslist only hours before I wrote this post:
TEST EVALUATORS NEEDED FOR BOTH DAY AND EVENING SHIFT TEMPORARY WORK (Longmont)PUT YOUR COLLEGE DEGREE TO WORK!Salary: $11.50/hour ($13.50/hour for Spanish/English scoring when available)K-12 Test Evaluators needed to score elementary through high school tests. Both day and evening shift temporary work available.Kelly Services is hiring hundreds of temporary day and evening shift Test Evaluators to score student achievement tests in Longmont, CO.DAY-SHIFT SCORING WORK
8:00 am — 4:30 pm; Monday through FridayFirst round of day-shift projects starts on Monday, April 6 with multiple starts throughout April. Work runs through June/July.EVENING-SHIFT SCORING WORK5:30-10:30 pm; Monday through FridayEvening-shift scoring work starts on Monday, April 27 and will run through June.(You must be available to work Monday through Friday for each project you accept, day or evening shift. We cannot accommodate partial week schedules.)PLEASE NOTE: To be considered for this temporary Test Evaluator position, all candidates must be able to provide college transcripts (unofficial copies will suffice) or original diploma verifying he/she has completed at least 48 college credit hours.JOB DESCRIPTIONWorking from our client’s scoring center in Longmont, Test Evaluators will evaluate student responses to non-multiple-choice questions at the elementary and secondary school levels, and assign scores via computers according to established standards in the areas of reading, writing, scienceMeasured Progress and Its Temporary Test Scorers | deutsch29:
