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In response to "Obama's education plan might be the right thing for the children and the schools" by Krusty

Depending on how they are going to measure "student performance", the concept of tying pay to it is almost terrifying. -- nm

Posted by TFox Mar 10 '09, 13:17

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- Very simple...already in lil miss ccc's school they give one test at the start of each grade and one at the end - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 10, 13:27 13
  - An example of how teachers will jigger this: try to convince the kids to answer some stuff wrong on the entrance exam. - TFox Mar 10, 13:29 1
    - I was thinking mainly base it on the exit exam. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 10, 13:33
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    - I didn't read what he proposed (working...some :) ) but it's different than what NCLB and we do now - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 10, 13:31 9
      - Yup, they spend way too much time teaching to the test and not teaching the student. -- nm - Krusty Mar 10, 13:32 8
        
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        that's just it. the tests aren't good enough. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 13:39 2
        
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        blow-up dolls? -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 10, 13:48
        
        Yes it's a problem, the tests don't cover every subject a student needs to learn. - Krusty Mar 10, 13:36 2
        
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        They do but when a teacher is told that it's basically all that matters there's a problem. - Krusty Mar 10, 13:43
        
        There is a lot of debate on that...plus on the way they use the tests for rankings - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 10, 13:36
- The problem is, they already "teach to the tests" without pay being tied to it. - TFox Mar 10, 13:26 2
  - you're right. the current system of tests as they are currently constructed is incredibly flawed -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 13:37
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He's not a fan of the current tests, so hopefully that will be fixed as well. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 10, 13:19

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