Comments on: Fayetteville Says No To Standardized Tests http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/11/26/fayetteville-says-no-to-standardized-tests-2/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: ideamen http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/11/26/fayetteville-says-no-to-standardized-tests-2/comment-page-1/#comment-13 ideamen Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:07:17 +0000 http://sapele.edublogs.org/2007/11/26/fayetteville-says-no-to-standardized-tests-2/#comment-13 I personally like the idea of getting ride of one of those huge tests. I bet the teachers are happy to have 2 more weeks worth of in class instruction versus the teaching of a workbook packet. Those 2 weeks could be used in order to produce stimulating projects, watch media, or fit in some fun little extra lesson plan. There is so much fear revolving around all these standardized tests that it must be a big relief to not have to perform for the state. Yes, it is a way of tracking student progress but if we make an equation out of this, it might be like this: Less test drilling + more quality lesson plans = Excelent and stimulating time in class with less stress and more fun. I personally like the idea of getting ride of one of those huge tests. I bet the teachers are happy to have 2 more weeks worth of in class instruction versus the teaching of a workbook packet. Those 2 weeks could be used in order to produce stimulating projects, watch media, or fit in some fun little extra lesson plan. There is so much fear revolving around all these standardized tests that it must be a big relief to not have to perform for the state. Yes, it is a way of tracking student progress but if we make an equation out of this, it might be like this:

Less test drilling + more quality lesson plans = Excelent and stimulating time in class with less stress and more fun.

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