Comments on: Accountability http://www.educatednation.com/2008/12/04/accountability/ A higher education blog about news, humor, advice, and opinion on education, college degrees, university life and careers. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: New Math and Science Standards, Assessments for WA State | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog http://www.educatednation.com/2008/12/04/accountability/comment-page-1/#comment-134924 New Math and Science Standards, Assessments for WA State | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:30:14 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/12/04/accountability/#comment-134924 [...] Accountability Obama’s Race to the Top It’s Not on the Test Looking Good Only on Paper No Child Left Behind Is Ruining Our Education System [...] [...] Accountability Obama’s Race to the Top It’s Not on the Test Looking Good Only on Paper No Child Left Behind Is Ruining Our Education System [...]

]]> By: 33 Posts On America’s Education System | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog http://www.educatednation.com/2008/12/04/accountability/comment-page-1/#comment-129519 33 Posts On America’s Education System | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:15:39 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/12/04/accountability/#comment-129519 [...] Obama’s Wacky Ideas: Teamwork, Responsibility, Working Hard, and Learning Stuff Obama’s Race to the Top “What’s Wrong With Merit Pay” Teacher Compensation Reform President Obama’s Plan for Education First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks to the Dept. of Education Obama Girls to Attend Private School Nicely Put Education Advice for the Next President Sen. Obama’s Education Reform Speech Obama Chooses Arne Duncan for Secretary of Education It’s Not On the Test Accountability [...] [...] Obama’s Wacky Ideas: Teamwork, Responsibility, Working Hard, and Learning Stuff Obama’s Race to the Top “What’s Wrong With Merit Pay” Teacher Compensation Reform President Obama’s Plan for Education First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks to the Dept. of Education Obama Girls to Attend Private School Nicely Put Education Advice for the Next President Sen. Obama’s Education Reform Speech Obama Chooses Arne Duncan for Secretary of Education It’s Not On the Test Accountability [...]

]]> By: Nathan http://www.educatednation.com/2008/12/04/accountability/comment-page-1/#comment-124932 Nathan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:57:47 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/12/04/accountability/#comment-124932 I'd be interested to know if you think standardized testing has NO place in the assessment process, or whether you are merely concerned with the weight that it is afforded in our efforts to provide "accountability" for school systems. One problem here is that we might desire a system in which standardized tests provided one of many measures of educational quality, but we might find that the costs of administering standardized tests on a broad enough level to be useful are so high as to preclude financing other forms of assessment. In that case, it truly would be an "either/or" proposition. I’d be interested to know if you think standardized testing has NO place in the assessment process, or whether you are merely concerned with the weight that it is afforded in our efforts to provide “accountability” for school systems.

One problem here is that we might desire a system in which standardized tests provided one of many measures of educational quality, but we might find that the costs of administering standardized tests on a broad enough level to be useful are so high as to preclude financing other forms of assessment. In that case, it truly would be an “either/or” proposition.

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