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If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
SOlebrate Good Times
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Date: October 21, 2014 10:15PM
I can't think of any negative consequences, but maybe someone can think of something.
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
Ghost of Jack Dale
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Date: October 21, 2014 10:18PM
Teachers would have less to blame their failings on.
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
Achievement Gap
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Date: October 21, 2014 10:19PM
No way to measure the achievement gap and browbeat whitey into feeling guilty.
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
Harcourt Educational Measurement
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Date: October 21, 2014 10:23PM
The big money testing industry would have to find another way to milk schools and a bunch of unnecessary administrators, teacher coaches, and sham educational consultants would be unemployed.
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
i predict
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Date: October 21, 2014 10:54PM
There would be a school budget shortfall!
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
iLester
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Date: October 21, 2014 11:58PM
Other countries have entrance exams. They put the pressure on the students and parents to be prepared for the next level.
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
maybe sorta
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Date: October 22, 2014 06:42AM
W/O SOLs the schools would have more time to devote to assemblies, fundraisers, pep rallies for sure.
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
big money testing industry
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Date: October 22, 2014 06:52AM
Harcourt Educational Measurement Wrote:
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> The big money testing industry would have to find
> another way to milk schools and a bunch of
> unnecessary administrators, teacher coaches, and
> sham educational consultants would be unemployed.
+1000
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> The big money testing industry would have to find
> another way to milk schools and a bunch of
> unnecessary administrators, teacher coaches, and
> sham educational consultants would be unemployed.
+1000
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
Preach
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Date: October 22, 2014 07:17AM
big money testing industry Wrote:
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> Harcourt Educational Measurement Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The big money testing industry would have to
> find
> > another way to milk schools and a bunch of
> > unnecessary administrators, teacher coaches,
> and
> > sham educational consultants would be
> unemployed.
>
>
> +1000
Amen!
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> Harcourt Educational Measurement Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The big money testing industry would have to
> find
> > another way to milk schools and a bunch of
> > unnecessary administrators, teacher coaches,
> and
> > sham educational consultants would be
> unemployed.
>
>
> +1000
Amen!
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
pwudsl;a
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Date: October 22, 2014 03:06PM
I think it holds teachers accountable. It holds them accountable for a basic curriculum. Without it some teachers would not provide it. Without it some students, especially low-average students, may not receive a complete grade-level curriculum.
Re: If VA eliminated SOL testing tomorrow, would there be any negative consequences?
Posted by:
zero return on expensive tests
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Date: October 22, 2014 09:15PM
It should not take a standardized test to hold teachers and students accountable for learning. In the best world, students should want to learn and teachers should want to teach. If those things are not there, no test in the world is going to make education happen. Anything that happens as a result of external motivation (the "standardized test") does not lead to long term retention of material. If it were that easy, we would be seeing all kinds of great success. We aren't.
The PP mentioned "low average" students as being he beneficiaries of the tests. News flash: the "low average" students are getting screwed the most by the tests. Why? Because time and money are being spent teaching them things that will not help them in the long run. These students are tortured with remediation after remediation in math and English and they are not getting any real vocational skills that may serve them. Even worse, they are not getting any joy out of their schooling.
The PP mentioned "low average" students as being he beneficiaries of the tests. News flash: the "low average" students are getting screwed the most by the tests. Why? Because time and money are being spent teaching them things that will not help them in the long run. These students are tortured with remediation after remediation in math and English and they are not getting any real vocational skills that may serve them. Even worse, they are not getting any joy out of their schooling.