It’s “That Time of Year” Again
THE WRONG KINDS OF TESTS
While the supermajority in the Indiana legislature is busy thinking of ways to label students, further reduce collective bargaining for teachers, and divert even more taxpayer money to private schools through expansion of the nation’s most expansive voucher program, teachers in the state’s public schools are still trying to do the best they can for their students during a difficult part of the school year.
Yes, it’s “that time of year” again, and instruction time will be limited while the tool used almost exclusively for labeling, blaming, and punishing, is filled out, and shipped off for grading.
It’s time to take…
I’ve posted comments in the past from an experienced Indiana teacher who has been writing to me on and off for the last year. The last time was during last year’s testing window. The latest email came yesterday.
This year, my teacher friend commented on how developmentally inappropriate the tests are…
[Where is the data] that shows how critical thinking, problem solving, abstract thinking, etc. are developed in the brain? I’m certain there is also data that shows the impact of genetics on these areas, as well as a scale showing that these ‘aptitudes’ grow/develop in stages in a child. It would also show that these aptitudes, and the time frames by which they develop,It’s “That Time of Year” Again | Live Long and Prosper:
