The Lighter Side of Assessment

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The Lighter Side of Assessment
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• Cartoons and Jokes about Assessing Students and
  Related Topics

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The Lighter Side of Assessment !

• Humorous stories about testing and teaching.
• Testing and test taking jokes
• Humorous video clips

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The Goal

• To consider testing issues and trends from an
  entertaining viewpoint
• To illustrate problems and solutions in testing
  using humor

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On Making Tests
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On Homework

• And Dogs!!!!

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• We have to spend our money on testing.

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• Your brain on tests.

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• How many educators does it take to change a light
  bulb?

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• Well first of all you cant just go changing a
  light bulb just like without proper planning and
  assessment.

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• No light bulb changing services can be
  provided without identification. How do we know
  the light bulb needs to be changed until we
  determine the appropriate disability category and
  learning problem? We must of course test each
  light bulb with a series of norm and
  criterion-referenced tests. Next comes placement.
  Oh.Before placement you must develop an initial
  IEP.

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• On Taking Tests

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On Styles of Teaching

• From the article, "Teaching Learners to be
  Self-Directed"
• by Gerald Grow, Ph.D.
• School of Journalism, Media Graphic Arts
• Florida AM University
• Tallahassee, FL 32307 USA

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• Teaching Style 1

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• Teaching Style 2

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• Teaching Style 3

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• Teaching Style 4

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• Teaching Style Author

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• The importance of testing.

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• Other Observations on Testing

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• Father Well son, how are your exam results?Son
  They're all under waterFather What do you
  mean?Son They're all under C level.

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• When Suzy got home, she told her dad that she got
  a 100 inschool. Her dad told her to go sit down
  and tell him all about it. She said, "Well, I
  got a 20 in math, a 30 inscience, and a 50 in
  spelling!

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• Albert Einstein arrives at a party and introduces
  himself tothe first person he sees and asks,
  "What is your IQ?" towhich the man answers
  "241." "That is wonderful!" says Albert. "We
  will talk about the GrandUnification Theory and
  the mysteries of the universe. We willhave much
  to discuss!" Next Albert introduces himself to
  a woman and asks, "What isyour IQ?" to which the
  lady answers, "144." "That is great!"says
  Albert. "We can discuss politics and current
  affairs. We will have much to discuss!" Albert
  then goes to another person and asks, "What is
  yourIQ?" to which the man answers, "51." Albert
  ponders this fora moment, and then says, "GO
  JAGUARS!"

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• Dr. Venn was grading the essay finals he had just
  given his class and opened the exam book of a
  failing student to reveal blank pages and a 100
  bill. The only thing written in the book was
  "100 100 - I get an A." A month later, the
  student approached the professor. "I don't
  understand," he said. "I failed the course.
  Didn't you read my final?" The professor handed
  the student the exam book. The student opened
  it to reveal 50 and the phrase "50 50 - You
  fail!"

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• At UNF, there were three students taking
  Assessment of Students with Special Needs. They
  did so well on all the quizzes, mid-terms, and
  labs, etc., that each had an "A" for the
  semester.    These three friends were so
  confident that the weekend before finals, they
  decided to drive down to Orlando to the
  University of Central Florida to party with some
  friends. They had a great time. However, after
  all the hard partying, they slept all day and
  didn't make it back to UNF until early the next
  morning. Rather than taking the final then, they
  decided to find Venn after the final to explain
  why they missed it. They explained that they had
  gone to UCF for the weekend with the plan to come
  back in time to study, but, unfortunately, they
  had a flat tire on the way back, didn't have a
  spare, and couldn't get help for a long time. As
  a result, they missed the final.

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• Venn thought it over and then agreed they
  could make up the final. The students were elated
  and relieved. They studied that night and went in
  the next day at the time the Venn had told them.
  He placed them in separate rooms and handed each
  of them a test booklet, and told them to begin.
  They looked at the first problem, worth 5 points,
  something simple about the definition of
  assessment.
• "Cool," they thought at the same time, each
  one in her separate room, "This is going to be
  easy." Each finished the problem and then turned
  the page.

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On the second page was written (For 95 points)
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• Which tire was flat?

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A Multiple Choice Test

• _____ 1. Choose the best answer
• A. Test
• B. Teach
• - Indicates best answer

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A Spoof on the FCAT

• Accelerated Direct Success ADS
• Because FCAT Scores Matter..
• More Than Learning

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ADSAccelerated Direct Success
With ADS you get minute by minute teaching
guides, thousands of practice tests, and other
materials for turning your school into a 21st
century test preparation factory. Unlike its
competitors, ADS also sends you specially
designed pellet dispensers that fit on each
students desk and shoot candy directly into
students mouths when they emit a correct answer.

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Cheating on Tests
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A D on Paper
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I used a 3,000 computer, a 1,200 printer, and
200 word processing program, and I still got a
D on my norm-referenced testing project report
In Venns class.
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Test Abuse??

• Help fight standardized test abuse
• Let teachers teach
• STOP testing insanity

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Nickel B

• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has become no child
  left untested

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This is only a test!

• Sign in an office This teaching position is
  only a test, had it been an actual job, you would
  have received raises, bonuses and promotions

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High Stakes Testing

• RAT Rodent Achievement Test
• FCAT Funny Clown Achievement Test
• This is only a test.

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Attack of the FCAT??

• Attack of the FCAT

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The Lighter Side of Assessment !

• I hope you enjoyed and learned from these
  humorous stories, jokes, and video clips about
  testing and teaching.

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The Lighter Side of Assessment
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