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3TK (testing teachers by testing kids) is an awful idea
- 05-27-2011
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Blog by Alan Singer/Huffington Post
The New York Times reports that the New York City Department of Education (DOE) is developing 16 new standardized tests whose main purpose will be to grade teachers rather than the students who are actually taking the tests. "Elementary school students would most likely take at least one or two additional tests every year, beginning in the third grade. High school students could take up to eight additional tests a year." The tests will be used to satisfy requirements that allowed New York State to secure $700 million in federal Race to the Top money. Under a new state the law, 40 percent of a teacher's performance will be based on student performance on standardized tests or other "rigorous, comparable" measures. Most New York State districts will not create their own standardized tests because it is too expensive and will eat up a lot of the Race to the Top money. However, the New York City DOE plans to spend one-quarter of its $256 million share of the federal money, approximately $64 million creating new tests. Testing teachers by testing kids (3TK) is an awful idea for many reasons. (more...)
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