GSU Blogger - Dr. S. Kahrs
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Over Testing Students
March is a stressful year for most educators and students. Schools are preparing for the "Big Test". Students are in the "March Madness" mode. I am struggling with the fact that I have been mandated to test the kids weekly for three consecutive weeks, 2 days a week, in order to prepare them for testing. Although, I disagree with this method of preparing students, I have to comply. My concern is how must testing is too much testing. What constitutes preparation vs "over kill", because at this point I am sure if the data gathered from the students is reliable and really shows what they do or do not know.
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I agree with you LaTonya. The students reach a point where they are simply "over it" and do not give their best effort. The analogy I often use is, in this current climate we keep weighing the baby. We don't feed the baby just keep measuring or weighing. The baby does not gain weight because it is not getting fed. Just like with our students. The time spent doing these weekly measures could be used with students being engaged in lessons where learning is taking place.
ReplyDeleteI agree that there is a such thing as too much testing. In my school it seems like we pre-test, mid-test, post test and re test. I am all about gathering data but at some point we have to be given the time to actually teach the material instead of just testing the kids on it.
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