Difficult Task, Often Not Approached Essay

The strategy must also include making sure curriculum material is not identical between students but allows the student certain creative license to demonstrate interests in and outside of the test materials. The difficulty I see in the field with regard to making such a tool a part of the curriculum is resistance by stakeholders to allow deviation from test specific curriculum, given that they are seriously concerned about testing outcomes for future funding and other issues that have little if anything to do with current students but are exceedingly important for the future growth and health of the school and future resources for future students. The necessity id then to make sure that stakeholders are aware and have buy in to the idea that curriculum must allow independent thought and foster independent learning (Gallagher, 2010). There is no way to answer this seemingly insurmountable question but it is important to make sure that stakeholders, students, educators and the community are aware that the stop gap solution of simply teaching to the test through rote memorization is not the best way to help students learn. Students must be allowed the opportunity to seek out and involve...

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Teachers are in many places fighting the good fight to express the fact that teaching to the test through rote memorization is not healthy for students and that they need more flexibility. Early in the process their only option was to ignore the mandates, at their own risk, and to continue to teach in innovative ways, now they need be allowed a fair look at testing materials so they can align their innovative and engaging curriculum with the learning goals and strategies needed for students to learn the material on the tests.
Resources

Gallagher, K. (2010). Reversing Readicide. Educational Leadership, 67(6), 36-41. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Longo, C. (2010). Fostering Creativity or Teaching to the Test? Implications of State Testing on the Delivery of Science Instruction. Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas,…

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Resources

Gallagher, K. (2010). Reversing Readicide. Educational Leadership, 67(6), 36-41. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Longo, C. (2010). Fostering Creativity or Teaching to the Test? Implications of State Testing on the Delivery of Science Instruction. Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 83(2), 54-57. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.


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