z44\doc\web\2000\08\slogan.txt raise children not test scores wasl sucks wasl - put this puppy to sleep high stakes are for tomatoes put a stake in the heart of high stakes testing -----Original Message----- From: Susan Harman [mailto: Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 11:19 AM To: ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU Subject: Re: "mid course correction" I very much respect your expertise, Lisa, especially since Bob takes the same position. Lord knows Im not a marketing expert. Im forwarding every slogan Ive collected over the past year. I realize its a little overwhelming, but. My own personal preference is not to attack standardization because the replacements were considering are and/or can be standardized, which may be necessary politically. By me its still the high-stakes aspect thats the killer, but if Joe Blow doesnt get it, lets drop it. Susan Bubble tests create bubble brains. Real education standards. Require more than a test. Standardized tests = standardized minds One test education creates one track minds. One test education kills creative minds. Standardized tests for promotion kill creative thinking. Earn your promotion by taking a single test. No adult would stand for it. No single test can show total knowledge. No child is substandard. More time spent testing=less time spent learning Children are more than test scores. Testing =(does not equal sign) learning Real teaching, not test prep More tests is not better education. test prep = (not equal sign) learning More testing =(does not equal) better schools One test for promotion. Stupid idea. One test = (does not equal) total knowledge Education is now just test cramming. stupid idea. 12 years of education, one test to graduate, stupid idea. One test Gateway. Just plain stupid. Kids deserve better. >BLEEP the MEAP (Susan Ohanion) ERASE the CASE (Whitney Young hs student, chicago)) Save Our Schools from Standardistos (Sue) Save Our Schools from Standardisto Shallowness (Sue) Just Say No to MCAS Mania (Sue) Test Responsibly (Ellen Julian) My child is more than a test score (Monty Neill) It takes an idiot to raze a village (Dough Selwyn) Standardized Testing IS Cheating (Rich Gibson) >Standardized Testing is BootCamp in Grade 4 (Rich) >From the same people who brought you Monicaslavia, Standardized exams).(Rich) Standardized testing is for the herds (Joan Jaeckel) Tests don’t teach, teachers do. (Joan) Stop Standardized Testing on Innocent children Now (Joan) Standardized Testing lowers our standards (Joan) Standardized Tests and meaningful learning don’t mix. (joan) Standardize test responsibly (Joan) Take a standardized test to lunch (Joan) You have the right to refuse to submit your child to standardized testing in school (Joan) What if they gave a standardized tset and nobody came? (Joan) >My child stays home on standardized test days (Joan) Standardized tests = standardized people (Joan) Standardized tests = standardized children (variation) My state can outsmart your state on standardized tests. Big Whup. (Joan) Who benefits from Standardized testing? If you want to know how your child is doing in school, talk to her ACT SAT CASE _________: NONE OF THE ABOVE. (Mary Kenton) Test lab rats, not kids. (Eric Crump) Standardized Testing is sub-Standard (Bob Bowd) Instead of sate testing: I drew this! Standardized tests turn our schools into Boot Camp (Kim Isaksson variation of Rgibson) There’s nothing standard about standardized testing (not scientific, not done in all other countries? Scores biased)Kim Your child deserves better than to sit thorugh a standardized test. (Kim) >People who dislike standardized tests: teachers, studens, people who know what education is all about. (Kim) A better way to make our schools accountable: End Standardized Testing.(Kim) >Standardized testing sucks! (Kim) Standardizes tests hurt our kids (Kim) Standardized tests are for politicians, not children. (Kim) Just say no to standardized tests (Kim) Standardized tests are not a law: You can ask your child not be tested (Kim) Standardized tests are: a. harmful to children, b. biased, c. a whole industry, d. all of the above. (Kim) >Standardized tests turn our schools into bubblegrounds. (Kim) Standardized tests rob learning time. (Kim) There is more to life than the answers on a standardized test. (Kim) Who tests the test companies: stop the harmful industry of standardized testing. (Kim) Standardized tests make: Writing into a chore. School into a contest. Testing campanies rich. Children into guinea pigs. (Kim) Standardized tests don’t score well with me! (Joan Kaiser) Stand up to Standardistos/Standardized Tests (Susan Harman) Standardize This (add favorite gesture) (Roxanne Grossman) Children dno’t come standardized (anonymous – submitted by Roxanne) Dump to SOL (substitute approrpaite state acronym) (anonymous – submitted by Roxanne) > > IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOUR CHILD IS DOING IN SCHOOL, TALK TO HER. > > > MY CHILD STAYS HOME ON STANDARDIZED TEST DAYS >are there standards for the standards? > >Ask not for whom the bell curve tolls. "Attention: We interrupt this education for a test. It is only a test. if it were real life, you couldn't care less about these facts." "High Stakes are for gamblers. Please don't gamble with our kids!" It’s 11:00. Do you know what your child is doing in school? There’s only a bell curve for standardized tests You can train a lemming to pass a standardized test Which of the following would fail the Regents exams (substitute your state test):a. Albert Einstein, b. Eleanor Roosevelt, c. Abraham Lincoln, d. Helen Kellere. Harriet Tubman f) all of the above (can anyone think of other names to add?) The only objective part of most standardized tests is the scoring. Know Standards, Know SOL tests No creativity, no real learning. KICK MCAS OUT! MCAS=Trivial pursuits Education needs MCAS Like fish need bicycles Don’t let Education go down the MCAS-hole Instant sewage – water + MCAS The tests are MCASinine Don’t be an MCAS-hol The truth about standardized tests scores: they lie. Blow the test bubbles goodbye Are there standards for the standards?Learners are complex; assessments should be too. High-stakes tests devalue high quality education The Regents (substitute your state test) are unethical & immoral. Shouldn’t they also be illegal? Who’s testing the tests? Would you rather your school given your child a grade, a test score, or an education? >From degrading to de-grading – the problems with tests and grades in schools. The Case Against Competition: How All our Kids Lose in the Race to Win. BUTTONS: Ask me about standardized tests TEST SCORES = ZIP CODES WHY TEST OUR KIDS? IS THE SAT9 FAIR? KNOW MORE TESTS --- but with the K and the W of "KNOW" marked with a slash so it becomes NO more Tests (Karen) TOP TEN WAYS TO “IMPROVE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL”* --WITHOUT STUDYING & WITHOUT CHEATING: 1. take penmanship class 2. eat eggs/meat for breakfast 3. go to a properly climate controlled school 4. smile at/compliment your teacher before the exam begins so he/she will smile back 5. have a friendly teacher administer the test 6. start the after the students are awake, say at 10:00 a.m. instead of 8:00 am 7. be sick on the testing day and take it on the make-up day when school will be less tense and the group will be smaller. 8. sleep in properly climate-controlled room the night before if the test is during a heat spell (particularly if you live in NYC) 9. Watch Jeopardy Every Night 10. Practice taking tests – (most any test will do) 11. Buy an air-conditioner (if it’s hot) 12. Be sure to wear layers of clothes so you can adjust your clothing to match the classroom. 13. Drink caffeine *I.e. improve scores on tests school districts use to prove high achievement levels of students ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LIMERICKS There was a young lady from Mass Who wasn’t up to the TAAS So she MCAS’d instead But it went to her head. . And she ended up a huddled mass (George Schmidt & Jean Van Nostrand) There was a young kid from Newton Who opined “MCAS is no fun. . .”? And although she was right Their response was a fright And they caged her whole group for a night. (George Schmidt) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.