Comments on: PIRLS Before Swine?

By: Kim Dearing

Kim Dearing — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:54:19 +0000

On a related note… after a recent department meeting where we hashed and rehashed the outcomes of “the test”, emphasis was put (once again) on the importance of reading for information. Ingredients lists. Medicine bottles. Short articles. It can be… disheartening? I’m not sure what magic goes on behind the scenes that indicate improvement without the improvement, but it’s hard to feel very invested in the results if you don’t feel strongly about what’s being tested in the first place.

By: Lonna

Lonna — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:02:01 +0000

I think that if they were to ask teachers they would be bias. Some teachers see only the good and feel that even they students are not performing that only if you believe in them then they will succeed. I agree to a degree, but I also know that you can only do so much, it is ulitmately up to the students. Other teachers think the opposite, that their are students that no matter how good they do they are never succssful.

By: Tippi

Tippi — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:13:50 +0000

In order to have a true triangulation there should be a third set of data or information. So, maybe they should try asking teachers how their students perform. I’ll bet there’s a reason why they don’t do that.

By: Lexie Centers

Lexie Centers — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:40:24 +0000

This statement makes absolutely no sense. Once again, it is a politically motivated statement to justify NCLB. I believe that we spend more time spinning the results than actually measuring what our students are doing and how they are learning. Don’t get me on my soapbox.