http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/22/quiet-please-state-mandated-high-stakes-standardized-testing-in-progress/ Sun, 06 May 2012 04:50:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/22/quiet-please-state-mandated-high-stakes-standardized-testing-in-progress/#comment-233 James Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:16:55 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/22/quiet-please-state-mandated-high-stakes-standardized-testing-in-progress/#comment-233 You said it. Test taking is a skill and too often we measure students' proficiency at test taking and not thinking. You said it. Test taking is a skill and too often we measure students’ proficiency at test taking and not thinking.

]]> http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/22/quiet-please-state-mandated-high-stakes-standardized-testing-in-progress/#comment-232 joey Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:06:32 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/22/quiet-please-state-mandated-high-stakes-standardized-testing-in-progress/#comment-232 i agree with you. standardized tests show nothing of a student's true intelligence or potential. and i think it's unfair to rely on test scores to measure their abilities. some people are just good test takers, while others aren't. i agree with you. standardized tests show nothing of a student’s true intelligence or potential. and i think it’s unfair to rely on test scores to measure their abilities. some people are just good test takers, while others aren’t.

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