Inner-city schools aren't the only ones experiencing testing woes; rural communities and wealthy suburbs have their own complaints. In New York, a college-oriented community, parents organized a boycott of the eighth-grade standardized tests of 290 eighth-graders, only 95 showed up for the exam. In Miami protests erupted when over 12,000 Florida seniors were denied their high school diploma, and in Massachusetts, local school boards defied the state and issued their own diplomas to students they believed were being unfairly denied their high school graduation because of the state-mandated test. Teachers in California and Chicago refused to give tests and faced disciplinary action. Why are teachers, students, and parents protesting? What's wrong with measuring academic progress through standardized tests? Here are some reasons why high-stake tests are problematic: First, using the same tests for all students, those in well-funded posh schools along with students trying to learn in under-funded, ill-equipped schools is grossly unfair, and the outcome is quite predictable. Since students do not receive equal educations, holding identical expectations for all students places the poorer ones at a disadvantage.
Grade-by-grade testing and graduation tests actually increase school dropouts. A Harvard University study found that students in the bottom 10 percent of achievement were 33 percent more likely to drop out of school in states with graduation tests. The National Research Council found that performing elementary and secondary school students who are held back do less well academically, are much worse off socially, and are far likelier to drop out than equally weak students who are promoted. Retention in grade is the single strongest predictor of which students will drop out stronger even than parental income or mother's education level As schools struggle to avoid the"underperforming" label, entire subject areas such as music, art, social studies, and foreign languages are de-emphasized. What is not tested does not count, and 85 percent of teachers believe that their school gives less attention to subjects that are not on the state test. One teacher had this to say about how the timing of state tests drives teaching: "At our school, third- and fourth-grade teachers are told not to teach social studies and science until March." As"real learning" takes a backseat to"test learning," challenging curriculum is replaced by multiple choice materials, individualized student learning projects disappear, and in-depth exploration of subjects along with extracurricular activities are squeezed out of the curriculum Tests themselves are often flawed, and high-stakes errors become high-stakes disasters. When Martin Swaden's daughter failed the state math test by a single answer, Swaden requested to see the exam so that he could help his daughter correct her errors and pass the test next time around It took a threatened lawsuit before he was able to meet with a state official to ex-amine the answers. Together they made an amazing discovery: six of the sixty-eight answers were keyed incorrectly, not only for his daughter, but for all the students in Minnesota. Jobs had been lost, summers ruined, the joy of graduation turned to humiliation for those students who were misidentified as having failed.
Last but not least, while teachers support high standards, they object to learning being measured by a single test. Not surprisingly, in a national study, nearly seven in ten teachers reported feeling test-stress, and two out of three believed that preparing for the test took time from teaching important but non-tested topics.
โรงเรียนภายในเมืองไม่ได้มีเท่าประสบการทดสอบ woes ชุมชนชนบทและชานเมืองที่ร่ำรวยมีข้อร้องเรียนของตนเอง ในนิวยอร์ก ไมตรีวิทยาลัยชุมชน ผู้ปกครองจัดบาตรการทดสอบมาตรฐานชั้นแปดของ 290 แปดนักเรียน 95 เท่านั้นแสดงให้เห็นว่าค่าสอบ ในไมอามี่ในการประท้วงปะทุขึ้นเมื่อกว่า 12,000 ฟลอริดาผู้สูงอายุถูกปฏิเสธของมัธยม แมซซา บอร์ดโรงเรียนท้องถิ่นกราฟิกรัฐ และออกประกาศนียบัตรของตนเองให้พวกเขาเชื่อว่า ได้ถูกเป็นปฏิเสธการมัธยมศึกษาเนื่องจากการทดสอบภายใต้ควบคุมจากรัฐอย่างไม่เป็นธรรม ครูในแคลิฟอร์เนียและชิคาโกปฏิเสธที่จะให้การทดสอบ และต้องเผชิญกับการดำเนินการทางวินัย ครู นักเรียน และผู้ปกครองประท้วงได้ ถูกต้องกับการวัดความก้าวหน้าทางวิชาการผ่านการทดสอบตามมาตรฐานหรือไม่ นี่คือเหตุผลทำไมการทดสอบสูงจะมีปัญหา: ครั้งแรก โดยใช้การทดสอบเดียวกันสำหรับนักเรียน ในโรงเรียนหรูได้รับการสนับสนุนพร้อมกับนักเรียนที่พยายามเรียนรู้ในโรงเรียนภายใต้การรับเงิน ไม่มีธรรม grossly และผลค่อนข้างคาดเดา เนื่องจากนักเรียนไม่ได้รับการศึกษาเท่าเทียมกัน ความคาดหวังเหมือนกันสำหรับนักเรียนถือสถานคนย่อมเป็นรองGrade-by-grade testing and graduation tests actually increase school dropouts. A Harvard University study found that students in the bottom 10 percent of achievement were 33 percent more likely to drop out of school in states with graduation tests. The National Research Council found that performing elementary and secondary school students who are held back do less well academically, are much worse off socially, and are far likelier to drop out than equally weak students who are promoted. Retention in grade is the single strongest predictor of which students will drop out stronger even than parental income or mother's education level As schools struggle to avoid the"underperforming" label, entire subject areas such as music, art, social studies, and foreign languages are de-emphasized. What is not tested does not count, and 85 percent of teachers believe that their school gives less attention to subjects that are not on the state test. One teacher had this to say about how the timing of state tests drives teaching: "At our school, third- and fourth-grade teachers are told not to teach social studies and science until March." As"real learning" takes a backseat to"test learning," challenging curriculum is replaced by multiple choice materials, individualized student learning projects disappear, and in-depth exploration of subjects along with extracurricular activities are squeezed out of the curriculum Tests themselves are often flawed, and high-stakes errors become high-stakes disasters. When Martin Swaden's daughter failed the state math test by a single answer, Swaden requested to see the exam so that he could help his daughter correct her errors and pass the test next time around It took a threatened lawsuit before he was able to meet with a state official to ex-amine the answers. Together they made an amazing discovery: six of the sixty-eight answers were keyed incorrectly, not only for his daughter, but for all the students in Minnesota. Jobs had been lost, summers ruined, the joy of graduation turned to humiliation for those students who were misidentified as having failed.สุดท้าย แต่ไม่ น้อย ในขณะที่ครูสนับสนุนมาตรฐานสูง พวกเขาวัตถุการเรียนรู้การวัดการทดสอบเดียวกัน ไม่น่าแปลกใจ ในการศึกษาแห่งชาติ เกือบเจ็ดในสิบครูรายงานทดสอบความรู้สึกความเครียด และสองในสามเชื่อว่า เตรียมความพร้อมสำหรับการทดสอบใช้เวลาจากการสอนหัวข้อที่สำคัญ แต่ไม่ใช่ทดสอบ
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