Ignorance is Strength

I feel that I have learned a good deal about the topic of standardized tests and how it relates to teaching writing. I think that throughout searching for and reading various articles I have got a good feel of how most teachers feel about standardized testing. I was a bit disappointed in the fact that the majority [...]

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Carla Hammersley of Northport, a teacher of 15 years, was recently forced to resign due to a MEAP test violation. She did not give out any answers or prompts, but a committee of school board members found her guilty of the following:
• Providing information [...]

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The school district in Fayetteville Arkansas has decided to stop giving the Iowa Basic Skills Test to it’s students. This test was used to guage the performance of their 3rd through 8th graders. The students will continue to take the state test but will not be forced to take the two additional Iowa tests. Previously [...]

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The subject of all these articles is the MEAP retake. On October 9th and story ran in the Jackson Citizen Patriot that disclosed the writing topics for the 5th and 6th grade MEAP test. The state superindendent of Public Instruction Michael Flanagan, [...]

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