Twitter Book Club: @DianeRavitch (2010) The Death and Life of the Great American School System - Ch 8

The Trouble With Accountability

"The problem was the misuse of testing for high-stakes purposes, the belief that tests could identify with (cont) http://tl.gd/7d1fp1less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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@dianeravitch @irasocol were multiple choice tests really not invented until the early 20th C.? Seems hard to (cont) http://tl.gd/7d1ipiless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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@anderscj @dianeravitch @irasocol The really first big push, in my life, for mass testing came when Sputnik was launchedless than a minute ago via webweemooseus
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@anderscj @dianeravitch MC tests were invented in the 19th C but gained momentum from IQ Test push during WWI @weemooseusless than a minute ago via Seesmic twhirlIra Socol
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@irasocol Really seems hard to imagine no one thought to give students MCs to questions b4 the 19th C.less than a minute ago via Mobile Webanderscj
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@anderscj the MC question cannot exist without 19th century "rationality"less than a minute ago via ÜberTwitterIra Socol
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"The problem with using tests to make important decisions about people's lives is that standardized tests (cont) http://tl.gd/7d1kmpless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"When the purpose of testing is informational and diagnostic, there is no reason for teachers and (cont) http://tl.gd/7d1pp8less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"What matters most is for the school, and the district, the state to be able to say that more students have (cont) http://tl.gd/7d2107less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"[Standardized tests] were not designed to capture the most important dimensions of education, for which we (cont) http://tl.gd/7d2nrpless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"unfortunately, we are apt to measure what we can, and eventually come to value what is measured over what (cont) http://tl.gd/7d2pcvless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"when we use the results of tests, with all their limitations, A's a routine means to fire educators, hand (cont) http://tl.gd/7d2qghless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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