As school starts today in Baltimore City, Montgomery County, Carroll County and other parts of the state, the state's largest teachers' union is launching a statewide advertising campaign calling for a reduction in standardized testing.
The Maryland State Education Association is running the commercials on radio, television and online, throughout the state over the next two weeks.
The ads feature comments from ten teachers and support staff, who note that students miss out on instruction in art, computers, music and other subjects that they believe create a well rounded students.
Critic note that the amount of standardized testing is one of the reasons classes in much of the state start before Labor Day.
Who in his right mind decided that what was on standardized testing had anything to do with student performance? You've blown off the truly intelligent and creative students by trying to pretend that you can pull the rest up to their level. And I say pretend because, just like with No Child Left Behind, you've succeeded in leaving every one of them behind, either by undereducating, over educating or miseducating. Each one of us has an inherent ability to learn and to synthesize what we've learned into reality through conscious effort. Don't presume that we're all the same --- we're not parts off an assembly line, or identical blobs of clay.
Wow MSEA, standing up against testing? The same testing you brought here when you supported the idiots you helped get elected? We all know it's just a show. Membership must still be declining. Sad bunch that MSEA, yes, sad bunch.
Get some statistics on the average SAT score of teacher education majors at SU versus SAT scores of chemistry and clinical laboratory science majors. Once you realize that our teachers were often the least capable students on the college campus, many of the public school issues make sense. Teachers should come from our brightest and our best.
I'd like more testing, starting with urine tests for faculty and administration.
ReplyDeleteOf course. Less work for them and less evidence that they aren't doing their jobs! Great idea from the masters class.
ReplyDeleteThis is to push thugs throigh.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Now the teachers can actually get back to teaching
ReplyDeletestudents,instead of 'programming' them.
What you think teaching is? Confirming!
DeleteWho in his right mind decided that what was on standardized testing had anything to do with student performance? You've blown off the truly intelligent and creative students by trying to pretend that you can pull the rest up to their level. And I say pretend because, just like with No Child Left Behind, you've succeeded in leaving every one of them behind, either by undereducating, over educating or miseducating. Each one of us has an inherent ability to learn and to synthesize what we've learned into reality through conscious effort. Don't presume that we're all the same --- we're not parts off an assembly line, or identical blobs of clay.
ReplyDeleteWe need more choices for education.
ReplyDeleteWhy would we want to test the complete incompetence of the union teacher?
ReplyDeleteTeachers should be tested yearly.
ReplyDeleteWow MSEA, standing up against testing? The same testing you brought here when you supported the idiots you helped get elected? We all know it's just a show. Membership must still be declining. Sad bunch that MSEA, yes, sad bunch.
ReplyDeleteThe last story on this is that the testing days were taking up more than 50% of the school days.
ReplyDeleteSounds to me like they have a valid point they either failed to make, or the story in June was fake?
Of course, between the BOE and MSM, is there any truth anywhere?
Unions want less accountability?!
ReplyDeleteMy niece started school last Monday. They already have testing today. Yes, way too much testing for things that have nothing to do with their grade.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the more we teach the worse it gets. What they are teaching doesn't seem to be helping the students excel later in life.
ReplyDeleteHow about less testing and less homework! I think some kids are forced to do more homework than they do in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteGet some statistics on the average SAT score of teacher education majors at SU versus SAT scores of chemistry and clinical laboratory science majors. Once you realize that our teachers were often the least capable students on the college campus, many of the public school issues make sense. Teachers should come from our brightest and our best.
ReplyDeleteTesting of students is an evaluation of the teachers performance. No wonder they want less of it.
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