It is true. The greater number of books one has in the home, the more children will do well in school.
The research is there. I don't "get" why libraries funds are cut, while the testing regime keeps getting more money. Oops...I forgot...Our students are FOR profit. Sad, isn't it?
Showing posts with label Cost of high stakes testing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cost of high stakes testing. Show all posts
Monday, July 4, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Dear President Obama,
I hope that you are sincere about too much testing in schools. Testing takes away time from learning. In addition, testing does not add value. Teachers are living in a real-time setting and all the suggestions made from those far from the classroom usually offer rather lame ones.
Do you know that parents are truly upset about the over-testing of their children. I know kids who don't eat lunch during the two horrible weeks of high stakes testing. The boys don't even lunch on these days. They tell me they just want to move. Another high school girl was protesting. She bubbled in all the D's on the 2010 high stakes tests and wrote the same short answer for each question. Guess what? She received a score of proficient. How valid is this. Kids are dropping out of school, because of the curriculum is not relevant and interesting. They must follow the script read by the teachers written by those far away from the classroom.
President Obama, I would love to sit and talk with you. You will learn a lot from me.
Do you know that parents are truly upset about the over-testing of their children. I know kids who don't eat lunch during the two horrible weeks of high stakes testing. The boys don't even lunch on these days. They tell me they just want to move. Another high school girl was protesting. She bubbled in all the D's on the 2010 high stakes tests and wrote the same short answer for each question. Guess what? She received a score of proficient. How valid is this. Kids are dropping out of school, because of the curriculum is not relevant and interesting. They must follow the script read by the teachers written by those far away from the classroom.
President Obama, I would love to sit and talk with you. You will learn a lot from me.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Connecting to other BLOGS
To connect with other BLOGS a good idea is to post something on a comment and provide this link.
Just be careful about where one posts the comments. One might get some well for lack of a better term a non-thinker. And we wouldn't want that.
Google: Out on the Stoop and you'll find some great blogs there.
Yvonne
Sunday, June 8, 2008
The Profits Made from High Stakes Testing!
"NCLB testing is estimated to cost between $1.9 billion and $5.3 billion over a six-year period from 2002 to 2008, depending on what type of testing states settle on...In 2003 Eduventures estimated that spending on testing and test prep would rise from $1.81 billion in 2003 to $2.29 billion in 2006. If one extends the projection to cover the same six-year period as they GAO's study, then states will spend $5.4 billion for testing and test prep between 2002 and 2008. (The extrapolation is reasonable because Eduventuures' projections are linear.)"
Link: http://www.diatribune.com/bush-profiteers-collect-billions-nclb-part9
Test publishers Profits Increase from 2001-2006:
McGraw-Hill
2001: $274 million
2006: $329 million
% Increase: 20.4%
Link: http://www.mcgraw-hillcom/about/annual_report/ar2006.pdf
Pearson
2001: 432 million pound loss
2006: 469 million pounds gained
% Increase: 210.0%
Link: http:http:www.pearson.com/index.cfm?pageid=58
ETS
2001: $4.2 million
2006: $7.6 million
% Increase: 71.9%
Link: http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?finald-101949244&101949244&npoId-556362&gotoNext=/reports/partners/guidestar/showFinancials.jsp
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