standardized testing

By now, you've probably seen the video of high school student Jeff Bliss demanding an end to what he calls "packet teaching." Instead he puts out a call to action for teachers to work to touch the hearts of kids to open their minds. The interaction was ignited when his teacher told him to stop his bitching about the test and kicked him out of class. A student flipped open the cell phone, caught

Tests aren’t going away anytime soon, and as the stakes increase, when the time for tests rolls around everybody in the classroom can get a little edgy. Teachers need all the help they can find...The post 5 Basic Tips To Reduce Student Test Anxiety appeared first on TeachThought.

Has an exam ever changed, influenced, or decided your fate?

It has for me, and for many, exams have been the gatekeeper to experiences brilliant people close to me had hoped to pursue. An algebra exam kept one friend who has run a successful business for years from completing the a Bachelor's program she wanted to pursue. Two friends who have proven track records as education technology leaders

by Grant Wiggins, authenticeducation.org April is test-prep month (apparently). So, what better use of this blog than to provide harried readers with some test-prep tips? But beware: the tips I am going to provide are very...The post 5 Myths About Standardized Test Preparation You Should Avoid appeared first on TeachThought.

Once, the ACT and SAT were big factors in determining whether or not you’d get into the school of your choice, but today schools are moving away from these tests, in large part because research has shown...The post 16 Standardized Tests Being Used In Education Today appeared first on TeachThought.

This is an excerpt of our complete article viewable on edutopia.org The multiple-choice problem is becoming a bit of an issue. While it has been derided by educators for decades as incapable of truly measuring...The post The Real Problem With Multiple-Choice Questions appeared first on TeachThought.

Part 7 of my Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012 series

On Monday, The Washington Post ran a story of a local school board member who took his state’s version of the 10th grade standardized tests — one in math and one in reading.
Here’s how the author describes him:

Part 4 in my Top 10 Ed-Tech Trends of 2011 series
If data was an important trend for 2011, I predict it will be even more so in 2012. That’s the world we’re living in. That’s the world we’re moving into.

I write a lot about some of the prevailing narratives in education technology. (I can’t help it; it’s my literature and folklore background).