Is there a need for national standards and assessment practices?
Would you advocate a national test? Yes. It’s necessary to have that. It’s important to prepare these kids to take a test like the AP Calculus test to know how to tackle those kinds of problems. I do teach my kids how to take the test. I tell them to find the key word, then go to the first step, and move to the next, and so on. And I have trial tests in the classroom. It’s necessary; academically speaking, it puts the kids ahead for the rest of their education. They become familiar with that kind of selective test, or standard test. Another reason I’m in favor of, for instance, the AP Calculus test, is because it tells us that we teachers are doing the job. If in my school I’m just giving out grades, and there is no kind of competition, I could tell you I’m the best teacher because all my kids got As. The test is important to prove I’m doing that. We teachers need to practice quality control. You see, that’s what I do. After my kids take the test, I look at the results, and I say, I bl
Related Questions
- Is there anything incompatible between alternative assessment and the movement toward a national curriculum and set of standards?
- What will happen to information about assessment including those materials that cover exemplification of national standards?
- Are the standards and practices under the Basel accords enforceable by law, and how are they enforced?
