Sunday, September 24, 2006
Test Score Mess
So people are aflutter about the latest testing snafu for NYC, in this case the 339 fifth graders who were left back even though it now turns out they performed well enough to be promoted on last year's tests.
Two quickies:
1. These kids were left back because they were sent to summer school and flunked the test even after summer help. Is it possible we're making too much of this, especially since these 339 kids were clearly struggling academically? They may have passed it on one day, but couldn't manage to pass it again months later. Perhaps fifth grade is the right place for them to be, especially if they can get the kind of help they need to really catch up.
2. Isn't the real problem still the asinine notion that kids are required to take a test one year, and neither they, their parents, nor their teachers get to see their scores when they can actually do anything about it? Who gets to flunk the adults who create this kind of system?
Two quickies:
1. These kids were left back because they were sent to summer school and flunked the test even after summer help. Is it possible we're making too much of this, especially since these 339 kids were clearly struggling academically? They may have passed it on one day, but couldn't manage to pass it again months later. Perhaps fifth grade is the right place for them to be, especially if they can get the kind of help they need to really catch up.
2. Isn't the real problem still the asinine notion that kids are required to take a test one year, and neither they, their parents, nor their teachers get to see their scores when they can actually do anything about it? Who gets to flunk the adults who create this kind of system?
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