Seattle Math Man
More info and Online-Scheduling at www.SeattleMathMan.com For more than a decade, I have been helping Seattle Area High School students achieve their full potential. Any student, no matter how “skilled” or “unskilled” they may feel has within them the capacity to have more confidence, enjoyment and true understanding of mathematics. What students need to achieve their goals is a teacher with the i
11/01/2015
Ask ANY teacher, and they'll tell you the same.
There MUST be a balance struck between LEARNING and TESTING, and we've gotten WAY out of balance.
We're starting to see the results.
Jesse makes some good points in this piece, at his school, one of the "necks", Jess Griffin says: "why do I need to test my kids all the time, I already know what kind of car their parents drive"
These tests are about SORTING kids, and for the most part, they are sorting them along the lines of Race and Family Wealth.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/31/testing-blamed-for-drop-in-national-math-scores.html
Critics blame focus on testing for drop in national math performance NAEP math scores decline for first time since 1990, giving ammunition to critics of schools' increased focus on testing.
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