Considering US students achievement rankings have plummeted since NCLB enforced standardized testing like this how can anyone still pretend that these tests make a positive difference in student outcomes?
See, the problem is, marginalized students of color have gotten a bad education, in part due to an old system that bases school funding on tax revenues, meaning kids from historically poor neighborhoods get a poor education.
So, how can we help these kids, failed by our system?
Well, we can’t fix the schools or their funding system or provide a good education, obviously. We have to focus on realistic goals.
The solution is clear: just say it’s okay they got a bad education. You can’t read, but that’s fine, it’s not your fault. It’s not our fault, it’s just how it is. So, to make sure we don’t hold you back… we won’t hold you back. Here’s a piece of paper that says you’re not allowed in the building anymore. Bye!
I saw the results of this kind on non-curriculum when I went back to school at a city university in NYC. It was so bad that the professor had to hand out notes to students, because they didn’t know how to write their own.
I had a dual major. One was secondary education. It was so embarrassing to see these non-students with no academic skills be given the same degree as me. Social promotion and diminishment of skill sets to boost self-esteem is seriously destroying basic public education in this country. No notes demonstrates no understanding of the material and no organization of thoughts. It is anti-education and it needs serious reform.
I think its incredibly ironic for all these people who don’t have any background in education to tell educators what works all the while not even bothering to read the actual article. They aren’t removing the tests just saying that the tests don’t actually correlate to whether or not a student will do well in their postgrad education so theres no reason to hold back students who don’t perform well on them especially when it stops them from being able to take electives which are an important part of a rounded education.
That’s fair. look at all the high school graduates in this thread who can’t read the article or comments and just walk away with the most misleading takes ever. clearly high school diploma doesn’t mean all that much. I mean if you’re just going to take away bad info then maybe its better if you can’t read at all? lol
acab415 says
Idiocracy is a documentary from the future.
255001434 says
It’s so much easier to lower the standards than to figure out why some students are struggling and address that.
hoovervillain says
Serious question: what else is there to education besides words and numbers?
weaboo_vibe_check says
Ah yes, racism.
CrimsonDX says
Because this method is so much better than addressing the systematic issues that are holding students of color back.
Loose-Currency861 says
Considering US students achievement rankings have plummeted since NCLB enforced standardized testing like this how can anyone still pretend that these tests make a positive difference in student outcomes?
Oggthrok says
See, the problem is, marginalized students of color have gotten a bad education, in part due to an old system that bases school funding on tax revenues, meaning kids from historically poor neighborhoods get a poor education.
So, how can we help these kids, failed by our system?
Well, we can’t fix the schools or their funding system or provide a good education, obviously. We have to focus on realistic goals.
The solution is clear: just say it’s okay they got a bad education. You can’t read, but that’s fine, it’s not your fault. It’s not our fault, it’s just how it is. So, to make sure we don’t hold you back… we won’t hold you back. Here’s a piece of paper that says you’re not allowed in the building anymore. Bye!
MomSaidStopIt says
I saw the results of this kind on non-curriculum when I went back to school at a city university in NYC. It was so bad that the professor had to hand out notes to students, because they didn’t know how to write their own.
I had a dual major. One was secondary education. It was so embarrassing to see these non-students with no academic skills be given the same degree as me. Social promotion and diminishment of skill sets to boost self-esteem is seriously destroying basic public education in this country. No notes demonstrates no understanding of the material and no organization of thoughts. It is anti-education and it needs serious reform.
Wide-Law8007 says
The soft bigotry of low expectations.
logan2043099 says
I think its incredibly ironic for all these people who don’t have any background in education to tell educators what works all the while not even bothering to read the actual article. They aren’t removing the tests just saying that the tests don’t actually correlate to whether or not a student will do well in their postgrad education so theres no reason to hold back students who don’t perform well on them especially when it stops them from being able to take electives which are an important part of a rounded education.
reganomics says
Hey guys, the article says they don’t test for those skills, not that they don’t teach them
zsdr56bh says
That’s fair. look at all the high school graduates in this thread who can’t read the article or comments and just walk away with the most misleading takes ever. clearly high school diploma doesn’t mean all that much. I mean if you’re just going to take away bad info then maybe its better if you can’t read at all? lol
Midori_Schaaf says
How about allowing students to fail and get held back until they actually learn what they are supposed to?
lm28ness says
Keep this up and they will be wondering where all the jobs went in a few decades.
NaClslug says
This is misleading.
>One of those was to scrap the requirement to show mastery of reading, writing and math. State lawmakers have not acted on that recommendation,