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It’s unfortunate that we’ve build a national culture focused so heavily on high-stakes testing that provides only the narrowest of “snapshots” about what a student actually knows and is able to do. Such as it is, this is our reality.
I have always said, and continue to believe, that achievement on a state test is one of many byproducts of quality Tier 1 teaching. If we stay focused on what we want kids to learn, make sure that aligns to what our state standards ask us to teach kids, and have a valid and reliable large-scale assessment that measures that, when we shouldn’t have to focus on the test too much. That’s the goal, anyhow. Like with anything teaching-related: easier said than done.
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