As we move through the latest stage of the pandemic in schools, we still get a lot of noise about how we Really Need to get those Big Standardized Test scores collected and crunched, because only then can we address Learning Loss or Pandemic Stumble or general Falling Behind.
In doing so, we once again make the same old mistake of trying to use Big Standardized Test scores as a measure of future success (at its most extreme in the"students will suffer with years or lost earnings" think pieces).There is no particular reason to believe this is true.
A Reminder About The Uselessness Of Test Scores
by Michael Keany
Nov 29, 2021
In doing so, we once again make the same old mistake of trying to use Big Standardized Test scores as a measure of future success (at its most extreme in the "students will suffer with years or lost earnings" think pieces).There is no particular reason to believe this is true.
Let me remind you of this old graph.