Nothing Standard About New York

1
Nothing Standard About New Yorks Standardized
Tests

• Recall of state standardized tests
• What happens next for our students?
• Pros and Cons of standardized testing
• Understanding the terms

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Support of Standardized Tests

• Demonstrates areas of student achievement- used
  appropriately
• Shows performance relative to learning goals
• Usually linked to various education standards
• Heavily weighed for college admission and
  scholarship

3
Downside of Standardized Tests

• Cannot provide reliable thorough diagnostic
  information
• Potentially detrimental to school improvement by
  transferring resources to testing
• Teachers blame tests for high numbers of failures
• Numerous mishaps of unclear questions make
  validity a concern

4
Here are some numbers

• Estimated 3,000 seniors may not graduate due to
  testing
• Teachers in NYC reported pass rate of 20-30 down
  from 50 citywide
• Individual school pass rate of 70-80

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What do YOU think?

• Lets take a poll
• 1) How many of you are in favor of / opposed to
  standardized testing in the public schools?
• 2) How do you think this will affect our students?