CARTOON #28 EVALUATION

MRS. KETA’ K. MCCASKILL

EDU210 NEVADA LAW
20170404
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#28

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DEFINITIONS:
• CULT - a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular
person or thing.
• STANDARDIZED TEST - A standardized test is any form of
test that (1) requires all test takers to answer the same
questions, or a selection of questions from a common
bank of questions, in the same way, and that (2) is scored
in a “standard” or consistent manner, which makes it
possible to compare the relative performance of
individual ...Nov 12, 2015 (this definition changes) 3
 “What has remained constant across the
changing definitions of standardization,
however, is a focus on the purpose of
standardization: to ensure fairness.”
Olson and Sabers (Standardized Test Gurus)

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I BELIEVE… (IN THE PURSUIT OF FAIRNESS)
Lynne Ethridge • 2 years ago
“I have read all the comments posted here and I am finding that a lot of teachers feel
the same way I do. I love teaching students, but next year will be my last year in the
teaching profession. The Common Core will be the "death of us all." I am not seeing any
accountability from students or parents. I spend untold hours preparing interesting,
engaging lessons for students who could care less. "This is too hard, why do you make
us do all this work? School is boring. I stayed up late last night and I'm too tired to do
this assignment. " I get these comments all the time. Parents are complaining in daily e-
mails that their child should be getting "A's" and why aren't they? Am I frustrated? You
bet I am! Do I agree with my evaluation being based partially on student progress?
Absolutely not. We have 3 types of students in my school: the ones who want to learn,
the ones who can't learn beyond a certain level, and the ones who simply don' t care.
We are testing students too frequently and we will not see any progress simply because
the students are tired of all the testing and don't even try to do their best.”

DO YOU AGREE?
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LET’S TALK ABOUT IT…

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DID YOU KNOW…..
1. Following the passage of NCLB on Jan. 8, 2002, annual state spending on standardized tests
rose from $423 million to almost $1.1 billion in 2008 (a 160% increase compared to a 19.22%
increase in inflation over the same period), according to the Pew Center on the States.
2. 93% of studies have found student testing, including the use of large-scale and high-stakes
standardized tests, to have a "positive effect“ on student achievement, according to a peer-
reviewed, 100-year analysis of testing research completed in 2011 by testing scholar Richard P.
Phelps.
3. On Mar. 14, 2002, the Sacramento Bee reported that "test-related jitters, especially among
young students, are so common that the Stanford-9 exam comes with instructions on what to
do with a test booklet in case a student vomits on it."
4. China, a country with a long tradition of standardized testing, topped all countries in the
international rankings for reading, math, and science in 2009 when it debuted on the
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) charts.
5. The current use of No. 2 pencils on standardized tests is a holdover from the 1930s through
the 1960s, when scanning machines scored answer sheets by detecting the electrical 7
conductivity of graphite pencil marks.
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 THE PROS/CONS • Pro
• Most teachers and
administrators
“FOR EVERY PRO THERE IS A CON.” approve of
standardized
• Pro testing:
• "Teaching to the test" can be a good • Pro
thing because it focuses on • Con
• Standardized tests are not narrowing
essential content and skills,
the curriculum, rather they are • America is facing
eliminates time-wasting activities
focusing it on important basic skills a "creativity crisis,"
that don't produce learning gains,
all students need to master. as standardized
and motivates students to excel.
testing and rote
learning "dumb
• Con
• Con down" curricula
• NCLB tests are drastically and jeopardize
• "Teaching to the test" is replacing
narrowing the curriculum. the country's
good teaching practices with "drill
economic future.
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STANDARDIZED TESTING AFFECTS TEACHERS IN NV…
• Fumo’s Bill AB212
• Repeals 2015 Teacher Evaluation Program
passed by a Republican Legislature
• Requires as much as 40% of a teacher’s
evaluation review be based on student
test results by the 2017-2018 school year
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Algebra and Functions (Performance Level: Basic) – Question 01
Sophie caught twice as many fish as her dad.
If her dad caught F fish, how many fish did
Sophie catch?
A
B
C
D

Results
A. 13% of students gave this response.
B. 6% of students gave this response.
C. 77% of students gave this response. (Correct Response)
D. 5% of students gave this response.
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Note: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.
Algebra and Functions (Performance Level: Basic) – Question 02
If what is
A 10
B 15
C 27
D 53

Results
A. 4% of students gave this response.
B. 78% of students gave this response. (Correct Response)
C. 15% of students gave this response.
D. 3% of students gave this response.

Note: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. 14

 Measurement and Geometry (Performance Level: Basic) – Question
01
Which of the following best describes the
figure below?

A acute angles
B obtuse angles
C parallel lines
D perpendicular lines

Results
A. 10% of students gave this response.
B. 8% of students gave this response.
C. 14% of students gave this response.
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D. 68% of students gave this response. (Correct Response)

Note: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

THE SMARTEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
1. Singapore
2. Hong Kong
3. South Korea
4. Japan (tie)
4. Taiwan (tie)
6. Finland
7. Estonia
8. Switzerland
9. Netherlands
10. Canada 16
 AS OF MAY 2015:

28. Italy (tie)

28. United States (tie)

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REFERENCES:
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardized_test
• http://neatoday.org/2014/11/02/nea-survey-nearly-half-of-teachers-consider-leaving-profession-due-
to-standardized-testing-2/
• Chapter 46: Standardized Tests, Amy M. Olson & Darrell Sabers, In: 21st Century Education: A Reference
Handbook, Edited by: Thomas L. Good, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964012.n46, Subject:
21st Century Learning , General Education
• Teachers describe state’s evaluation law as ‘unfair and inhumane’, By Ian Whitaker (contact),
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 | 2:32 p.m.
• http://starsamplequestions.org/starRTQ/search.jsp
• http://standardizedtests.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001747
• Does your state let students opt out of
• standardized tests?
• By JASON RUSSELL (HTTP://WWW.WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM/AUTHOR/JASON-RUSSELL)
(@JRUSSELLMI (//TWITTER.COM/JRUSSELLMI)) • 3/30/16 12:44 PM 18