tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post1977905657668032705..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: CO: Damn, PARCC-- You Had One JobPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-39359267675077539042016-08-13T18:13:24.074-04:002016-08-13T18:13:24.074-04:00It's not just PAARC.
When I was a teacher of ...It's not just PAARC.<br /><br />When I was a teacher of physical science in SC, the state end of course test ('EOC') was a 'black box' with no effective sources for review. <br /><br />I actually don't have a philosophical problem with teaching to a test as long as that test is 1)WELL DESIGNED 2)the expectations are well defined & realistic 3)Old tests are regularly released & 4)ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY TESTING PRO's!!!<br /><br />I have problems with the College Board. However, at least for Physics C & when there was Physics B, the materials & philosophies were available & well defined.(I DO have some problems with the so-called 'redesign' which based on so-called ed-research. Those of us who have backgrounds in actual science regard 'educational research' as an oxymoron.)<br /><br />The American Chemical Society has a post-HS course test which for years heavily influenced, in a positive way, HS chem curriculum. <br /><br />The key? Get the testing out of the hands of the textbook giants. Most of the texts they have marketed for high school science are not all that well written & are full of basic errors in science. They produce dookie texts & dookie tests. F-them.fizzicks numbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913370100937432939noreply@blogger.com