New York State’s English and math exams include several questions each year
about livestock, crops and the other staples of the rural experience that some
educators say flummox city children, whose knowledge of nature might begin and
end at Central Park
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Harlem Success Academy Prepares for Tests at Queens Farm Museum - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Educators have long known that prior knowledge of a subject can significantly improve a child’s performance on tests.
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I think this factor of prior knowledge of a subject matter is one of the most difficult things to contend with in the debate about standardized tests. If students walk in to a learning experience with this lack of prior knowledge it becomes very difficult for them to ever catch up to the test's expectations.
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The New York State Education Department runs statistical analyses of its tests to look for gender, racial or socioeconomic bias, but it does not compare the performance of rural and urban students, partly because it is hard to isolate whether a disparity is the result of a lack of familiarity with an environment or is caused by other factors like socioeconomic status or quality of classroom instruction.
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Some of the examples provided in this article provide clear examples in my opinion of why the department should compare the performance of rural and urban students.
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The Harlem Success Academny takes its students on field trips that aim to help students do better on standardized tests by taking them on fields trips to introduce them to subject matter that will be on the test, such as a farm.
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