tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post9072023530643225137..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: "Reading Test Dummies"Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-20916505805591333702009-03-26T10:55:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:55:00.000-07:00With new technologies available, it is possible to...With new technologies available, it is possible to give a "bubble" test that does align with actual content.<BR/><BR/>The Scholastic Reading Inventory, for instance, uses a computerized multiple choice (bubble), where a student reads a passage and then selects the right word to fill in the blank in a sentence about the passage. These passages are generic (the cool thing about them is that they are adaptive: the program registers the student's success (or lack thereof) as the student answers questions, adjusting the questions up or down to, finally, determine levels...pretty amazing...)<BR/><BR/>To make this sort of technology content-relevant, one could picture someone in a school creating questions (and there a lot...) or, if there is a common curriculum, at a district level creating questions.<BR/><BR/>So this technology could be customized to individual schools or to districts, making the questions much more meaningful to the specific population.<BR/><BR/>It would be time-consuming, but worth it!seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-81279385027365993742009-03-24T15:52:00.000-07:002009-03-24T15:52:00.000-07:00Great post!Great post!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199045752800199947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-10747597598951186152009-03-24T15:44:00.000-07:002009-03-24T15:44:00.000-07:00E.D. Hirsch is the man.Several schools nationwide ...E.D. Hirsch is the man.<BR/>Several schools nationwide have implemented a core knowledge curriculum.<BR/><BR/>Where is our Core Knowledge alternative school?<BR/><BR/>or are we backing Core Ignorance instead?dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.com