Standardized testing is one of my least favorite things. It measures only a tiny amount of what we really want students to know and be able to do. And very often they don't test that very well either.
We are giving the PLAN and EXPLORE tests from ACT today and the students really don't take it seriously. They go through each section as quickly as possible and don't take the time to really try their best. Which means that the results will not actually reflect the ability of these students.
So how do we get the students to really try their best? It really does take effort and energy to take a challenging test and really push yourself to the limit of your knowledge.
Or, how do we get the test results to have less weight in the discussion about schools when we know that they aren't really representative anyways.
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