Posted as a comment following
"Paperless Testing: Most Grade 3-8
Students To Be Assessed Online in 2016," Education Week, November 6, 2015 http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2015/11/paperless_testing_most_grade_3-8_students_to_be_assessed_online_in_2016.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news3
This is one of the greatest boondoggles of all
time, a never-ending source of profit for the testing and computer industry.
It requires all students to have access to
up-to-date computers. As we know,
computers need to be replaced every three years because of "progress"
in technology.
It means that every time there is new
"progress," we need to spend more money on the latest technology.
There is no evidence that online testing is
better than old-fashioned testing, no evidence that it produces more accurate
and useful results. To my knowledge, there is currently no attempt to gather
this kind of evidence.
If the brave new online testing fails,
teachers will be blamed, and there will be more money spent on technology and
professional development.
Stephen Krashen
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ReplyDeleteEstoy de acuerdo. Here is my blog post on the SBAC in California (they have given it a new name for this year- likely because it's good to keep changing the names of bad products to keep selling it to confused consumers. https://teachingmalinche.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/why-i-am-opting-out-a-guide-for-parents/
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