Comments on: Against The Current http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/10/22/against-the-current/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: First Amendment Protected Opinions » Comment roster http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/10/22/against-the-current/comment-page-1/#comment-24 First Amendment Protected Opinions » Comment roster Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:45 +0000 http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/10/22/against-the-current/#comment-24 [...] #5 December 4th, 2007 at 10:05 am [...] [...] #5 December 4th, 2007 at 10:05 am [...]

]]> By: Jamie http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/10/22/against-the-current/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Jamie Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:48:59 +0000 http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/10/22/against-the-current/#comment-7 I couldn’t agree more. Too much emphasis is placed on standardized tests. Standardized tests should only be used as a general guide as to how the students are fairing in the tested subject areas. There are too many variables that can affect the performance on a test, and it is quite naïve to believe that a single standardized test score can encompass the entire intellect of a child. I firmly believe that intellect really can’t be measured through testing. I don’t think many people take into account that tests are very high-pressured, and some children just naturally aren’t that good at taking tests. If tests were used in a more effective way, such as researching what areas could use improvement on the whole, instead of saying the child has a lower intelligence, more advancements could be made in the classroom. As far as standardized tests in elementary schools? This is a ludicrous idea. At this age, children are developing at different paces, and absorbing all kinds of new information. A lot of “learning difficulties” can arise at this age and thusly grown out of by high school. It can’t be very effective to put so much stock into a test at such an early age, when every child is more or less in a different phase of intellectual development. I couldn’t agree more. Too much emphasis is placed on standardized tests. Standardized tests should only be used as a general guide as to how the students are fairing in the tested subject areas. There are too many variables that can affect the performance on a test, and it is quite naïve to believe that a single standardized test score can encompass the entire intellect of a child. I firmly believe that intellect really can’t be measured through testing. I don’t think many people take into account that tests are very high-pressured, and some children just naturally aren’t that good at taking tests. If tests were used in a more effective way, such as researching what areas could use improvement on the whole, instead of saying the child has a lower intelligence, more advancements could be made in the classroom.

As far as standardized tests in elementary schools? This is a ludicrous idea. At this age, children are developing at different paces, and absorbing all kinds of new information. A lot of “learning difficulties” can arise at this age and thusly grown out of by high school. It can’t be very effective to put so much stock into a test at such an early age, when every child is more or less in a different phase of intellectual development.

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