By James Comans There are several things about standardized testing in Mississippi that you, the taxpayer, probably don???t??know. It???s not because nobody knows it???s happening, or because we educators don???t want you to know??? It???s just kind of like “Fight Club”??? we are not supposed to??talk about it.?? So, in this blog series, I did […]
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By James Comans Welcome to the last of “7 Hidden Truths of Testing.”?? Today, I’d like to take a look at the consequences of trusting too much in the power of standardized testing.?? Hidden Truth #7: The worship of testing undermines real solutions Testing doesn’t actually fix anything. Assessment is useful information. It’s valuable for […]
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By James Comans Welcome back to “7 Hidden Truths of Testing.” Last time, we discussed the negative impact the modern testing culture is having on teacher health. Today: What’s going on between your child and that computer screen? Hidden Truth #6: Testing materials are Top Secret.?? We’ve talked about lots of hidden truths of testing […]
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By James Comans Welcome back to “7 Hidden Truths of Testing,” in which we examine the often unspoken ways the modern testing culture is affecting Mississippi. Yesterday, I detailed some of the facts about the big money behind standardized testing. Today, we look at the toll testing takes on teachers. (Say that 5 times fast!) […]
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By James Comans Welcome back to “7 Hidden Truths of Testing,” a blog series for MSEdBlog examining standardized testing in Mississippi. Last time, I discussed the negative effects the modern testing culture has on teaching as a profession. Today, it’s all about the money. Truth #4: Standardized testing these days is a BIG??business. It’s??estimated standardized […]
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By James Comans Welcome back to “7 Hidden Truths of Testing,” in which we examine the realities of standardized testing in Mississippi from the educator’s point of view. It’s not filtered research from a corporation; it’s not a scientific study from a government agency. It’s just testimony from the people seeing it happen on the […]
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By James Comans Welcome back to “7 Hidden Truths of Testing,” in which we examine the realities of standardized testing in Mississippi from the educator’s point of view. This is not filtered research from a corporation; it’s not a scientific study from a government agency. It’s just testimony from the people seeing it happen on […]
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By James Comans Welcome to an??MSEdBlog series this week called 7 Hidden Truths of??Testing. In this series, I’m going??to tell you??7 things about standardized testing in Mississippi that you, the taxpayer, probably don’t??know. It’s not because nobody knows it’s happening, or because we educators don’t want you to know… It’s just kind of like Fight […]
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The Mississippi Education Blog would like to invite you to participate in a book study of Making the Grades by Todd Farley. On March 12, James Comans presented three reasons to read this book.????He wrote that the book is funny, real, and important. Notably, Comans stated, Farley reveals??valuable information as to how the standardized testing […]
Read More...By James Comans Standardized testing is a huge issue in American education today. Big Testing companies are so heavily involved in influencing policy that sooner or later, Mississippi parents, educators, and lawmakers will have to discuss it. For real. Right now, we’re fighting over funding for our schools, but eventually, we’re going to have to talk […]
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