Early Childhood Education Studies
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Assessmet Middle Childhood Stage
I think assessment is important, but not to the instinct of a child being able to go to the next level or grade. Testing a child to see if he/she need special assistance is very important, because this way the child is getting the accommodations they need to be successful in school. I do not think standardized testing is important, because these test are very hard on children. It makes them very nervous and puts a lot of pressure on them. Standardized test also put a lot on the teacher, because they usually have so much pressure on them trying to teacher there students how and what is on the test, they are not able to teach there regular instruction. I think the teacher made weekly test are enough for the student. These test let the teacher know if the students are getting what she is teacher, if they are, they are right on schedule, and if they are not the teacher need to make some accommodations to his/her lessons. So, my opinion is standardized testing is out teacher made testing Great!
I too agree that standardized tests can be very hard and stressful on children especially with children who have a learning disability. Teachers are being taught to teach how to take a test, like you said it is very stressful on the teacher too, because it may not be something that the teacher is passionate about and if the teacher isn't very enthusiastic about it the children will have a hard time learning. I think that teachers know their students best and if they have to teach something that they know the children will not do good at, then the teacher will have a hard time explaining it to them.
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