I looked up "how educators use Sites that Display Test Data" on Google and found an interesting article that talks all about how educators use sites that display test data. In the article Using Test-Score Data in the Classroom by Brian M. Stecher and Laura S. Hamilton (http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR375/). They believe that the the policy No Child Left Behind (NCLB)is a great excuse to try out a site that displays test data. They believe that educators can you the test-score data to guide school policy and classroom practice.
Stecher and Hamilton say that teachers find site that display test data is not only easy and clear but it is more useful for curriculum planning. Stecher and Hamilton state, "Over one-half of teachers surveyed reported that they used test results to identify topics for review and students who need attention." From what i have read in this article i believe that if more educators used Sites that display test data they could focus more on what the students needed help in instead of wasting time reviewing things that they may already have learned. I think that it is a great way to really know what the students are learning or not learning.
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Hey Signe,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you that the data is a great way to see what students need help with. I looked at your article and in it said,
"[Teachers]said that annual state test results were more useful for curriculum planning than for improving specific instructional practice. Periodic standardized progress testing...may be more useful than annual state tests."
I agree with this because, like I said in my blog post, it takes too long to view the results of annual state test. Therefore, it is too late to meet a student's need, which is why periodic testing data is so valuable.
~Kaitlyn Lara