The Benefits Of Standardized Testing

Now I was fortunate to have a good cooperating school teacher when I did my student teaching. She had also been a student of this same college professor. Apparently this college professor would go to her school and do some special math lessons on occasion. She told me that he came from the ivory tower of academia. He was accustomed to teaching college level classes and was not particularly interested in the facts and practicalities of the real world. It is easy to come in and take over and do a lesson with the students and hold their attention for a few days; however the difficulty is in holding students attention in week 9, 17, 21 or 37. Need I mention that many of the things he came in to teach were not in the curriculum or a standardized test which is what always needs to be focused now because of all the required testing? …show more content…
With tests she advised me that it was best to use homework problems for test. So if on the homework the problem was 3x2 + 2x + 1 = 9 on the test it should be 3a2 + 2a + 1 = 9. The reason I was given is when parents complain, and they will, as a teacher you can show that it was part of the homework. If the student did not do the homework and probably did not pay attention in class when it was reviewed then that is almost certainly why they can’t do the test. She also suggested that after every quiz or test there should be some work students can do quietly while others finish. Additionally there should be plenty of space for students to work instead of trying to save paper. Districts budget paper and photocopy work so some do have to reduce space for this reason which makes it difficult for some but especially the special education