tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413213147692532190.post180388874100528210..comments2024-03-15T03:38:22.132-06:00Comments on Real teaching means real learning: Who is to blame: The teacher or the test?Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13790571271386459698noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413213147692532190.post-83682895145729104922011-03-30T12:25:42.039-06:002011-03-30T12:25:42.039-06:00If by "the other guy" you are referring ...If by "the other guy" you are referring to me, I have placed my name conveniently for you to see...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047405950514440042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413213147692532190.post-50953063765295089762011-03-29T20:18:54.293-06:002011-03-29T20:18:54.293-06:00If your students' standardized test scores are...If your students' standardized test scores are your primary (or only) metric for performance evaluation, where would one expect a teacher to focus their efforts? In endeavors that might not bloom for a few years, or ones that will provide quick results?Jeff Yearouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226657658716462435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413213147692532190.post-85692207877066618222011-03-29T15:15:25.997-06:002011-03-29T15:15:25.997-06:00Seems to me you and the other guy are both taking ...Seems to me you and the other guy are both taking extreme views - the tests aren't wholly to blame for the teachers actions and the lack of ethics can't be entirely blamed on the teachers. Context is probably important.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413213147692532190.post-9138025055802359682011-03-29T10:49:58.020-06:002011-03-29T10:49:58.020-06:00The new movement is for teachers to lose tenure an...The new movement is for teachers to lose tenure and to be evaluated solely on the performance of their students on those standardized tests. So, teachers are going to teach to the test. Can you blame a teacher for wanting to keep their job? I don't believe that is incompetence but it is reality.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666126476940091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413213147692532190.post-24747802789065096272011-03-29T09:09:14.165-06:002011-03-29T09:09:14.165-06:00Some would like teachers, students and parents to ...Some would like teachers, students and parents to pretend the tests don't exist because the best way to get good test scores is to focus on good teaching and real learning.<br /><br />This is precisely what the policy makers want.<br /><br />And while it's true that teachers are partially responsible for narrowing and dumbing down the curriculum in response to the tests, the policy makers who create the laws that place inordinate amounts of pressure on teachers to do exactly that are more responsible.<br /><br />Standardized testing is a cancer.; ignoring cancer and simply living life as if it doesn't exist, rarely yields promising results.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047405950514440042noreply@blogger.com