How to handle test opt-out requests By the New York State Association of School Attorneys - School Leadership 2.02024-03-28T20:44:03Zhttps://schoolleadership20.com/forum/topics/how-to-handle-test-opt-out-requests-by-the-new-york-state-associa?feed=yes&xn_auth=noIt is worthy to note that mos…tag:schoolleadership20.com,2013-04-19:1990010:Comment:1478082013-04-19T20:46:49.069ZKirk Cunninghamhttps://schoolleadership20.com/profile/KirkCunningham
<p>It is worthy to note that most opt-out organizations are facilitating learning on test days by creating lists of schools who will accept students who are opting out, for those days in which testing is going on. It is now apparent that many students opting out of testing are doing so, so that they can receive an education on those days versus being measured by standardized tests. It is also interesting to note that to date there are now 850 colleges/universities across the U.S. which require…</p>
<p>It is worthy to note that most opt-out organizations are facilitating learning on test days by creating lists of schools who will accept students who are opting out, for those days in which testing is going on. It is now apparent that many students opting out of testing are doing so, so that they can receive an education on those days versus being measured by standardized tests. It is also interesting to note that to date there are now 850 colleges/universities across the U.S. which require no ACT/SAT test; it appears our post-secondary brethren are increasingly critical of the claim that standardized test scores correlate with academic success in students' post-secondary endeavors.</p> Good information for school d…tag:schoolleadership20.com,2013-04-17:1990010:Comment:1476272013-04-17T14:08:59.999ZRyan Fiskhttps://schoolleadership20.com/profile/RyanFisk
<p>Good information for school districts, although it's still disheartening to not only see all these new mandates sprouting up, but teachers' evaluations being tied to them as well. During a <a href="https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23satchat&src=hash" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#satchat</a> on Twitter a few weeks, a relevant <a href="https://twitter.com/gunnellAP/status/320510255878516737" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tweet</a> by …</p>
<p>Good information for school districts, although it's still disheartening to not only see all these new mandates sprouting up, but teachers' evaluations being tied to them as well. During a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23satchat&src=hash" target="_blank">#satchat</a> on Twitter a few weeks, a relevant <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/gunnellAP/status/320510255878516737" target="_blank">tweet</a> by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/gunnellAP" target="_blank">@gunnellAP</a> resonated with me:</p>
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<p></p> It is despicable that student…tag:schoolleadership20.com,2013-04-14:1990010:Comment:1469082013-04-14T13:51:35.425ZBetsy Salemsonhttps://schoolleadership20.com/profile/BetsySalemson107
It is despicable that student performance on state tests has any role at all in teachers' evaluations. This is bad enough when it is a specific regents exam that targets specific information from a course, but when the teachers are evaluated by students' successes or failures on a general standardized test, everybody loses. If this is where we are and what we are becoming we should fear for our future. This is the road to fascism.
It is despicable that student performance on state tests has any role at all in teachers' evaluations. This is bad enough when it is a specific regents exam that targets specific information from a course, but when the teachers are evaluated by students' successes or failures on a general standardized test, everybody loses. If this is where we are and what we are becoming we should fear for our future. This is the road to fascism.