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How do you do that data collection, though? And more importantly, how do you effectively compare across different schools and districts? Some high school give o
by Manuel_D 3y ago
How do you do that data collection, though? And more importantly, how do you effectively compare across different schools and districts? Some high school give out As in math to students that can't do basic algebra.
- germinalphrase 3y agoAnalyzing curriculum contents and local instruction transcription. Ranking and benchmarking between educational environments would require an additional psychometric evaluation layer. This would not a Day One function, so the tool would focus on maximizing utility as an assessment assistant tool for instructors. There is a bridge to be built between formative and summative assessment. If this thing doesn't make them better instructors, it would be dead in the water anyway.
- Manuel_D 3y agoAt that point you're just describing another form of standardized testing. The whole point of a test like the SAT is to administer the same test so that results are comparable.
- germinalphrase 3y agoThe function without the apparatus. Everyday, all across the country - we pay teachers to teach and assess their students. Those assessment results aren’t trustable for benchmarking and ranking students, so we have standardized testing. Obviously, yes - one intention of this concept is that it serves the same function as standardized testing, but it does so while eliding the externalities of cost and single, high stakes exams by allowing classroom assessment - made and proctored by the instructors during their standard lessons - to become trustable.