http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/09/24/my-first-look-into-the-world-of-standardized-tests/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/09/24/my-first-look-into-the-world-of-standardized-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-17 » From me to you…comments from this semester. Speak Up…And Write OUTLOUD!!! Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:19:12 +0000 http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/09/24/my-first-look-into-the-world-of-standardized-tests/#comment-17 [...] Johnathon -1 [...] [...] Johnathon -1 [...]

]]> http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/09/24/my-first-look-into-the-world-of-standardized-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Ashley Wright Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:06:07 +0000 http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/09/24/my-first-look-into-the-world-of-standardized-tests/#comment-2 While I'm not sure I can answer any of your questions, I certainly ponder this topic that is so prevelent in our educational experience, especially post NCLB. Speaking as a student who never showed their true potential on standardized tests, I feel that standardized test have only proved as a disservice. For instance, in order to receive a certain scholarship at Grand Valley, it is necessary to have above a 3.5 GPA and receive higher than a 25 on the ACT. Being fairly hard working in high school, I had higher than a 3.5 GPA but did not achieve that much needed 25 on my ACT. I know that I have much more potential than what my ACT scores showed, but because of my inability to perform on a standardized test, I lost out on scholarship money. While my scores did not ultimately keep me from coming to Grand Valley, I wonder how many students miss out on scholarship money and were thus unable to attend. I agree with this article that we might be hindering more than helping. However, its always going to be a struggle to assess students potential. I'm not sure if there really is a way to come up with one test to accurately gage students ability. I'm interested in what information will be presented in your blog. While I’m not sure I can answer any of your questions, I certainly ponder this topic that is so prevelent in our educational experience, especially post NCLB. Speaking as a student who never showed their true potential on standardized tests, I feel that standardized test have only proved as a disservice. For instance, in order to receive a certain scholarship at Grand Valley, it is necessary to have above a 3.5 GPA and receive higher than a 25 on the ACT. Being fairly hard working in high school, I had higher than a 3.5 GPA but did not achieve that much needed 25 on my ACT. I know that I have much more potential than what my ACT scores showed, but because of my inability to perform on a standardized test, I lost out on scholarship money. While my scores did not ultimately keep me from coming to Grand Valley, I wonder how many students miss out on scholarship money and were thus unable to attend. I agree with this article that we might be hindering more than helping. However, its always going to be a struggle to assess students potential. I’m not sure if there really is a way to come up with one test to accurately gage students ability. I’m interested in what information will be presented in your blog.

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