tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post6691660867113650398..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Uh oh, Pearson Shuts Down Entire Colorado Testing SystemMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-5162324429674475372015-04-16T13:00:31.671-07:002015-04-16T13:00:31.671-07:00More news from Diane Ravitch blog. Teachers have p...<br />More news from Diane Ravitch blog. Teachers have posted some comments on SBAC ELA in the comment section of this blog entry.<br /><br />http://dianeravitch.net/2015/04/15/whats-wrong-with-the-parcc-test-a-reader-explains/<br /><br />It was interesting to read that the high school teachers could not figure out the correct answer to SBAC ELA practice test. <br /><br />Also a WA state teacher reported the following on the actual ELA SBAC test<br /><br />"The 3rd grade SBAC ELA included many poorly worded questions, ambiguous answer choices, and design issues that forced kids into choosing a different answer than the one they intended. Many of the questions are hidden within 8 sentence block of texts. Kids are having to read these blocks of text multiple times to understand what they are even supposed to do – and honestly, many of them don’t understand what the question is asking because the questions are not worded in vocabulary 3rd graders are familiar with. There is no special formatting of text such as block text or italics to differentiate a question, a quote, etc. It’s terrible." <br /><br />It's interesting that these sorts of flaws are apparently not enough to stop the SBAC from being administed. I hope all teachers will be able to somehow give feedback on what they think of the test. <br /><br />-nh<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-81829318729489451132015-04-15T14:26:05.482-07:002015-04-15T14:26:05.482-07:00http://www.8newsnow.com/story/28811425/nevadas-com...http://www.8newsnow.com/story/28811425/nevadas-common-core-testing-halted-for-second-day-in-a-row<br /><br />Second day in a row...lots of lost instruction time. Can we go back to paper and pencil ITBS tests?<br /><br />-sighAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30029605511600466512015-04-15T12:01:10.111-07:002015-04-15T12:01:10.111-07:00
More states report SBAC computer problems.
htt...<br />More states report SBAC computer problems. <br /><br />http://dianeravitch.net/2015/04/15/all-testing-halted-in-nevada-montana-and-north-dakota-because-of-a-computer-glitch/<br /><br />-nhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-71472625775834206582015-04-15T10:26:23.677-07:002015-04-15T10:26:23.677-07:00I wi Opted out,
I did not know about it until aft...I wi Opted out,<br /><br />I did not know about it until after the fact, when she came home from school & told me. She didn't seem to mind - she seemed to think it was kind of amusing to be pulled out of class. Of course, she's the kind of kid who gets in trouble at times because she thinks everything is kind of amusing...<br />Mom of 4<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-51642565564068944222015-04-15T09:42:25.915-07:002015-04-15T09:42:25.915-07:00This may do more towards stopping the insanity the...This may do more towards stopping the insanity then the Opt Out movement. When people see that 40K kids are sitting at computers like the proverbial 1M monkeys...<br /><br />Of course opting out makes the statement on an individual level that a child should not log in and feed the data beast.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85932880967898285892015-04-14T20:02:16.715-07:002015-04-14T20:02:16.715-07:00Sounds like Minnesota had issues too.
http://www....Sounds like Minnesota had issues too. <br />http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/04/14/statewide-testing-glitch<br /><br />CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-37714109898721500002015-04-14T17:23:16.315-07:002015-04-14T17:23:16.315-07:00But @mom of 4,
Why would YOU allow your child, yo...But @mom of 4,<br /><br />Why would YOU allow your child, your 9 or 10 year old little girl, to be forced to sit through ANOTHER 2 hours of testing? What was in it for her? When will you say no more, what will it take? They make a mistake, and she pays for their mistake with her time? <br /><br />I wi<br />Opted outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32059171044258080602015-04-14T17:21:39.015-07:002015-04-14T17:21:39.015-07:00Perhaps Anonymous is taking it down, sparing hundr...Perhaps Anonymous is taking it down, sparing hundreds of thousands of kids?<br /><br />- Not AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-52592665610571343312015-04-14T15:19:50.997-07:002015-04-14T15:19:50.997-07:00While we didn't have anything on that scale he...While we didn't have anything on that scale here, my 4th grader had to retake one of the English section of the SBAC (fortunately not the part with the essay). She was one of about 6 kids in her grade that had to retake it because the computer apparently did not capture the answers.<br /><br />Mom of 4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com