<p>^^ That “Math 1-4” BS is so DUMB. So glad I don’t have to deal with that mess.</p>
<p>And? I honestly don’t see what’s bad about standardized testing. It’s just another necessary evil like tolls, taxes, and laws. You either know the material, don’t know the material, know how to take a test, or don’t know how to a test. </p>
<p>-YES, standardized testing like the Regents exams appear in most, if not all states. In Maryland, where I’m from, you have several HSA’s (High School Assessments) that you have to take and pass to graduate high school. In Connecticut, where I now live, you have CAPT, which asses…something. I’m not sure if it’s required for graduation now, but they could be moving towards that in the future. It exists because it helps to know which students, or schools are meeting standards, and which ones are not. </p>
<p>-What’s wrong with it? Sure, some teachers DO teach to the test, but not all. The only thing that needs ‘fixing’ is underperforming school districts, bad teachers, and bad parents. Not all education in America is bad.</p>
<p>-HELL NO!! If we remove standardized testing, how can we truly know what each student is learning, or not learning. Not all schools are created equal so we really can’t just ‘rely’ on grades. </p>
<p>-No, no thank you. </p>
<p>That’s just my two cents :)</p>
<p>I think that NCLB mandates that every state have some form of standardized exit exam. In SC it’s the HSAP.</p>
<p>In addition to that, students in SC are required to take EOC’s in most high school subjects and those account for 20% of a student’s final grade in a course.</p>
<p>I never had to deal with any of that because I go to a private school. We have to take the SAT and/or ACT and the PSAT in grades 9-11, but otherwise no standardized testing. Our kids do pretty well on the AP exams. My music theory class last year had a 100% pass rate. =D And I think Chemistry might have as well… Not sure about any of the others.</p>
<p>But I tend to think that standardized tests are not really that great.</p>
<p>In sixth grade, when I actually did attend a public school, we had to take MAP Testing. You take it in the fall and spring. I actually regressed through the year and did worse in the spring (despite still scoring higher than everyone else in the class. =/) And when it came to PACT (Grade 3-8; Science, English, History, Math), I actually scored Basic on two sections and Advanced on two sections, even though I had the highest grades in the class in all four sections. I didn’t think that that test really showed much of anything. And I think that more and more schools are finding that the SAT really doesn’t prove anything. A lazy person with a high SAT is going to be lazy in college. A hardworker with a low SAT is going to work hard in college.</p>
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<p>Yeah, it’s mostly a hypothesis – except that I doubt we would have spent hours going over how to fill in bubbles, what strategies to use during the test and canceling classes the week of testing so that people would be well rested.</p>
<p>Well you have to pass the OGT to graduate highschool in Ohio, but I’m pretty sure my 5th grade niece could pull it off.</p>