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Digital Alternatives to Test Preparation - Kevin's Multimedia Essay - 0 views

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Digital Alternatives to Test Preparation - Jamie's Multimedia Essay - 0 views

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Standardized testing hurting U.S. education, new book contends | MSU News | Michigan St... - 0 views

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flawed policy that threatens to undermine the nation’s strengths of creativity and innovation,
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  this is certainly an understatement, it's all about the programmatic skills of the test, not actually about learning
  
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an education that respects individual talents and does not dictate what students learn or how teachers teach.
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“Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization.”
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stuck “teaching to the test”
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“The essence of his strategy was to stop being creative and imaginative.”
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  how is it that success has now been reduced to what we can prove we know on paper versus what we are creatively able to produce? Standardized testing certainly has been around for my entire education but there was not so much pressure on student performance, school performance, etc.. For some students, our 8th graders for example, it determines honors placement. Standardized test should be a measurement, a snapshot, not the whole picture. Li
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">how is it that success has now been reduced to what we can prove we know on paper versus what we are creatively able to produce? Standardized testing certainly has been around for my entire education but there was not so much pressure on student performance, school performance, etc.. For some students, our 8th graders for example, it determines honors placement. Standardized test should be a measurement, a snapshot, not the whole picture. Li</div>
  
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reward schools for offering a diverse set of opportunities
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“Most importantly, we need to instill confidence – restore confidence – in our teachers and in our schools, because right now the accountability rhetoric in essence is telling us we don’t trust our educators – that they are not good enough, they are lazy, and that’s not the case.”
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alternative assessment approach cognitive performance portfolio

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different approaches to integrating alternative assessment approaches
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"This article describes the need and prospects for alternative assessment approaches in online learning environments within the context of higher education."

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