Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j71Gu2G18341; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:56:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:56:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20050801165357.53905.qmail@web40707.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Nancy Hansen <sfallsliteracy@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:1185] RE: high-stakes testing, state/federal accountability, and standardized tests X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 1524 Lines: 58 Thanks, David, for the additional metaphors. I think they are a real visual way for us all to "appreciate" the topic. Nancy Hansen Sioux Falls Area Literacy Council sfallsliteracy@yahoo.com --- David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net> wrote: > Marie has asked from some additional kitchen utensil > metaphors for > standardized assessment. Here are three more to add > to the (edited) > list: > > 1) Standardized testing may not always be the > sharpest knife in the > drawer. > 2) Let's use the best knives we have, but also get > some better knives. > 3) Let's not use knives when spoons or forks are > better. > 4) Avoid using knives to hammer nails or fasten > buttons (ouch). > 5) Let's not use "the only knife in the drawer" to > cut the throat of > learners in programs with just literacy level one ( > whom *I* believe > it's unrealistic to expect will increase two grade > levels in one > reporting period.) > > 6) Let's train those with knives to use them > properly. > 7) Using a knife to eat peas or mashed potatoes is > inefficient and > uncouth. If you don't have forks and spoons, don't > settle for using > knives. > 8) Utensils may help in cooking, but only if there's > food to cook. (A > kitchen version of my favorite farming metaphor for > testing, "You > don't fatten a calf by weighing it.) > > David J. Rosen > djrosen@comcast.net > > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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