High-Stakes Standardized Testing: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Teaching to the Test
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BYKERRY SOWATSKY
High-Stakes Standardized Testing
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A Brief Introduction
MEAP
Teaching to the Test
Taking the fun out of learning?
Is it worth it?
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What Is High-Stakes Testing?
A Test vs. High-Stakes Test
What are these decisions?
Wait, there’s more!
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Federal History
1980s President Reagan
1990s President George H.W. Bush President Clinton
2000s President George W. Bush
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Legislative History
“A Nation A Risk”
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
New ESEA No Child Left Behind
(NCLB)
“…the trajectory of education reforms into the 1990s was set, where forty-three states had statewide assessments for k-5 by 1994, and by the year 2000 every state but Iowa administered a state mandated test” -Au
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No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Centers on high-stakes testing
Emphasis on reading and math
Harsh consequences
Won’t be changes, as of now
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What Are Some Resulting Factors?
Classroom Control Curriculum Pedagogy
Social Studies “Disappearing subject”
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Impact on Literacy
“High-stakes standardized testing can greatly influence the teaching of reading and writing” (Higgins).
Writing is an ongoing process.
Better test scores?
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Opinions From The Field
Nothing will change anytime soon
Varying Good - Higgins Bad - Au
“…testing has become firmly entrenched as the policy tool, bar none, for federal enforcement of educational reforms.”-Au
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What’s The Bottom Line?
High-stakes Standardized Tests… Are accurate Teach students general
knowledge Are not all the same
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References - Images
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Resources – Works Cited
Au, Wayne. “Social Studies, Social Justice: W(h)ither the Social Studies in High-Stakes Testing?” Teacher Education
Quarterly 36.1 (2009). 43. Web. 16 February 2010.
Higgins, Betty, et. al. “Teaching to the Test…Not! Balancing Best Practice and Testing Requirement in Writing: High-Quality,
Evidence-Based Instruction Need Not Be Sacrificed in Preparing Students to Succeed on Standardized Writing Assignments.” The Reading Teacher 60.4 (2006). 310. Web. 16 February 2010.
“Testing High Stakes Tests: Can We Believe The Results of Accountability Tests?” Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Greene, Jay P. n.p. : February 2003. Web. 16 February 2010.