Standardized Testing Education Issue

The presentation by Kristi, Mackenzie, and Alyssa was done very well to help present the conflicts regarding standardized testing. I learned a lot of interesting facts about standardized testing that I did not previously know, and it further cemented my beliefs on standardized testing. They presented some great points including the fact that standardized tests are created to be standard; however, the most important thing that isn't standard is each school's situation. I really enjoyed moral of the school problem activity. That really got me thinking about problems associated with standardized testing.

Following the presentation, the biggest question I had was what can we do as teachers that might eventually help tear down this evil of standardized testing? It really is too bad that standardized testing is such a huge incorporation, because it would be so difficult to break it down. I wish there was something that a politician could do to put an end to what was started.

I thought the presentation was very strong and had great activities that kept the crowd engaged. The only suggestion I might have had was the amount of talking in the beginning. There was about 15 minutes of direct instruction from the group, which by no means was bad, but the second half was more engaging. This is not something that took away from the presentation by any means, it was still extremely well done.