Not exact matches
The mandatory
tests are
supposed to
align with the new standards, but teachers for several years have complained that the curriculum guides and
tests have been poorly implemented by the state.
This is enormously risky and, frankly, hubristic, since nobody yet has any idea whether these standards will be solid, whether the
tests supposed to be
aligned with them will be up to the challenge, or whether the «passing scores» on those
tests will be high or low, much less how this entire apparatus will be sustained over the long haul.
Next year, third through eighth graders were
supposed to take new
tests aligned to Common Core and developed by the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers consortium.
The Common Core
tests contain multiple - choice questions and some writing tasks that don't measure up to the ambitious Common Core education goals with which they are
supposed to be
aligned.
But on this much they agree: The curriculum will fail if it isn't carefully implemented with meaningful
tests that are
aligned with what the students are
supposed to learn.
Spring 2016 was the second time that students across California took the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
test, which is
supposed to be
aligned to Common Core standards, which in turn is
supposed to represent «internationally competitive» expectations.
Some state
tests are more
aligned with what kids are
supposed to be learning than others.
Kingsport was
supposed to be getting its first taste of that alignment right now by administering its first Common Core -
aligned tests to students.