Sentences with phrase «opinions about standardized tests»
However, in a study examining elementary school parents» opinions about standardized tests and performance assessments, most parents approved of both types of measures and actually gave stronger approval ratings to performance assessments (Shepard & Bliem, 1995).
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Champions and Dissidents express very different opinions about standardized testing.Dissidents are much more likely to say the amount of time spent on testing is «too high» (61 percent) compared with Champions (19 percent).
According to the survey, parent opinion reads like a photocopy of the union's agenda — supportive of more investment in schools and teachers, wary of standardized testing, skeptical about evaluating teachers based on student performance, and resistant to the expansion of choice.
It is my opinion after spending about 40 years teaching elementary school (K — 5th grade in rural, urban, and suburban schools) that standardized testing is a waste of time and resources for many reasons, one of which is that they do not test what you want to know about a child.