Pearson Essay Using PARCC Test Words
From Diane Ravitch:
A teacher wrote this little essay and dedicated it to Governor Andrew Cuomo:
I’m not supposed to say this, but all these insanely hard words appeared on the 4,6, and 8th grade tests last week.
Ridiculous? Or just hard?
Hard? Or just ridiculous?
I can say, with no embarrassment, that I did not know at least half those words until high school (a few in college).
A teacher wrote this little essay and dedicated it to Governor Andrew Cuomo:
“There is a man in Albany, who I surmise, by his clamorous paroxysms, has an extreme aversion to educators. He sees teachers as curs, or likens them to mangy dogs. Methinks he suffers from a rare form of psychopathology in which he absconds with our dignity by enacting laws counterintuitive to the orthodoxy of educational leadership. We have given him sufferance for far too long. He’s currently taking a circuitous path to DC, but he will no doubt soon find himself in litigious waters. The time has come to bowdlerize his posits, send him many furlongs away, and maroon him there, maybe Cuba?She added:
I’m not supposed to say this, but all these insanely hard words appeared on the 4,6, and 8th grade tests last week.
Ridiculous? Or just hard?
Hard? Or just ridiculous?
I can say, with no embarrassment, that I did not know at least half those words until high school (a few in college).
Comments
--OldSchool Music
North End Parent
-NNNCr
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I fail. I'm a failure. I have to try harder. Susie is better than me. Will I be ready for college and career? What will my parents think? I've let my teachers down. They will get bad evaluations. My school will be called "failing." What's wrong with me?
Glad I left
So unless the actual test is a complete departure from the sample tests, words like "methinks" are not used.
This feels a bit gimmicky to me and doesn't help advance the thoughtful, intelligent conversation that is needed right now.
-parent
Great for students accessing the test on the computer; unfair for those using paper and pencil.
Thank you!
That's what I thought since April 29th would not be a regular board meeting, but someone I know said otherwise regarding testimony.
I decided to ask you because you would know.
As always, I thank you for the work you do on behalf of the people of Seattle.
--OldSchool Music
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/04/27/does-the-common-core-help-boost-reading-comprehension/
Instead, here we have a test parsing out use of antiquated cant and arcane words to posit knowledge. Gah! Methinks we have nodcock test writers who are showing off their plumy brilliance by trying to stump 3rd graders. Really what I would give for a Junie B. Jones storyline on common core testing.
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