Dfsg: Well, I see what you mean. You aren't a teacher, but have close family members who are. I'm a student, and we also take the PARCC test. My school district had to take three weeks for testing back in early March because we only had 235 Chromebooks when 600 students were scheduled to take the test. We had to practice for months, starting in the beginning of the school year. We took time out of our classes to talk about the PARCC test and to learn how to use features, useless ones, like change the background color. I used it, but I think someone noticed it, so it was removed from my test. We didn't notice a lot of errors on our test, but when we took it last year (field testing), entire sections were blocked off for copyright reasons. We couldn't answer any of those parts. We also don't know why we take the test. Every single teacher and administrator has a different reason. "Oh, it's to compare our school against other schools!" "Oh, it's just to see if we're doing a good job." "Well, we take the PARCC so you can see if you do well on the test! Don't worry, it will not count towards your final grades." How can you take such a test when you don't even know its purpose? Honestly, it is something so ridiculous. The private company that you were talking about, Pearson, has this whole test backed by them. I have a few textbooks published by them. And, finally, there's the protests and opt-outs. There have been so many protests because of this one test! It's unbelievable. The opt-outs were high, especially in New Jersey for some weird reason. So, there's that. I think I've said enough for now. I believe that school is for learning, making friends with other students, having a good time, and interaction with the lesson. It's not worry about a test, make the staff feel inferior, curse the PARCC test, take the test (that has no impact on you, it's not like you get a reward for doing 10 days of standardized testing), and take it all again next year. Oh, yeah, there's that. You have so many students exhausted because of this single test, and it's not even like you get to watch movies in class while eating pizza while drinking soda for three days straight. It's just, "hey, good job", and you can go to the next grade (it's not even like the PARCC test matters if you can advance). Nothing cool. Well, I'll be taking the PARCC test again this week, starting on Tuesday, and ending on Friday. Here's my schedule - Tuesday: two language arts (ELA) tests; Wednesday: another ELA test; Thursday: math test; Friday: another math test. Please wish me good luck. We've only had 30 school days to get something in our heads, for our EOY (end of year) test. I'll describe more about this portion of the test. So long, goodbye, and make sure to curse these things/people: PARCC, Pearson, PARCC supporters. Bye for now. Dfsg: Well, I see what you mean. You aren't a teacher, but have close family members who are. I'm a student, and we also take the PARCC test. My school district had to take three weeks for testing back in early March because we only had 235 Chromebooks when 600 students were scheduled to take the test. We had to practice for months, starting in the beginning of the school year. We took time out of our classes to talk about the PARCC test and to learn how to use features, useless ones, like change the background color. I used it, but I think someone noticed it, so it was removed from my test. We didn't notice a lot of errors on our test, but when we took it last year (field testing), entire sections were blocked off for copyright reasons. We couldn't answer any of those parts. We also don't know why we take the test. Every single teacher and administrator has a different reason. "Oh, it's to compare our school against other schools!" "Oh, it's just to see if we're doing a good job." "Well, we take the PARCC so you can see if you do well on the test! Don't worry, it will not count towards your final grades." How can you take such a test when you don't even know its purpose? Honestly, it is something so ridiculous. The private company that you were talking about, Pearson, has this whole test backed by them. I have a few textbooks published by them. And, finally, there's the protests and opt-outs. There have been so many protests because of this one test! It's unbelievable. The opt-outs were high, especially in New Jersey for some weird reason. So, there's that. I think I've said enough for now. I believe that school is for learning, making friends with other students, having a good time, and interaction with the lesson. It's not worry about a test, make the staff feel inferior, curse the PARCC test, take the test (that has no impact on you, it's not like you get a reward for doing 10 days of standardized testing), and take it all again next year. Oh, yeah, there's that. You have so many students exhausted because of this single test, and it's not even like you get to watch movies in class while eating pizza while drinking soda for three days straight. It's just, "hey, good job", and you can go to the next grade (it's not even like the PARCC test matters if you can advance). Nothing cool. Well, I'll be taking the PARCC test again this week, starting on Tuesday, and ending on Friday. Here's my schedule - Tuesday: two language arts (ELA) tests; Wednesday: another ELA test; Thursday: math test; Friday: another math test. Please wish me good luck. We've only had 30 school days to get something in our heads, for our EOY (end of year) test. I'll describe more about this portion of the test. So long, goodbye, and make sure to curse these things/people: PARCC, Pearson, PARCC supporters. Bye for now. |