tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535845931584340826.post8899471355040293872..comments2023-10-25T04:57:49.062-07:00Comments on Bending the Twigs: When Good News Really Isn'tCrimson Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535845931584340826.post-54884431744288091582009-09-23T18:45:31.461-07:002009-09-23T18:45:31.461-07:00Dr. Koretz discussed one study that compared score...Dr. Koretz discussed one study that compared scores for the same schools before and after the state switched from one achievement test to another. The 3rd graders were allegedly working at a 4th grade level on the old test the last year it was required. Then the first year after the switch, scores dropped to a mid-3rd grade level on the new test. After a couple of years, scores had risen back to a 4th grade level on the new test. However, when those same students were tested with the old test, they only scored in the mid-3rd grade level. These tests were considered similar in difficulty so the difference he attributed to coaching/teaching to the test.Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535845931584340826.post-32090482304982883312009-09-23T14:30:56.170-07:002009-09-23T14:30:56.170-07:00I don't have citations to offer but I remember...I don't have citations to offer but I remember from grad school in education and more importan;y my experience working for a large school board in the 1980s, that standardized test scores on any test tend to "improve" over the years. Even without this sort of lowering the bar.<br /><br />I can't recall specifics of the effect (I was young and it wasn't my concern at the time) but my impression even then was that the whole system was set up to benefit both the seelers and the buyers of the test, in neat election-term blocks of time.JJ Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493570025415687789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535845931584340826.post-21758293847480472462009-09-19T15:06:15.493-07:002009-09-19T15:06:15.493-07:00I have put up a post about our first two weeks of ...I have put up a post about our first two weeks of homeschooling. I hope you are well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com