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A 21st century boondoogle: high tech testing
- 04-12-2011
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Guest blog by Stephen Krashen and Susan Ohanian/Washington Post
When the plans to create Common Core Standards were announced, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told us that it would be accompanied by assessments to enforce the standards. We were also told that developing standards would be relatively inexpensive, but developing assessments, by contrast, will be a “very heavy lift financially” (USA Today, June 14, 2009). It is gradually becoming clear that the lift will be extremely heavy. The new tests will be computer-based, administered online, and “will make widespread use of smart technology. They will provide, Duncan said in 2010, students with realistic, complex performance tasks, immediate feedback, computer adaptive testing, and incorporate accommodations for a range of students.” (more...)
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