tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585575228353652460.post6696463179987446768..comments2013-02-11T14:30:28.264-08:00Comments on Free Ranging Ideas: Remaking Education?Keith Millardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695431869467274156noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585575228353652460.post-56365758330986264152011-12-17T06:00:53.828-08:002011-12-17T06:00:53.828-08:00I appreciate that you point this out: "We ca...I appreciate that you point this out: "We can not continue to talk about promoting digitally proficient, flexible, creative students while measuring them in ways that do not promote these values."<br /><br />We want our students to go beyond the problems we set in front of them, but we set the problems and want them solved. We want them to think critically, but we give them few options to do so. When our assessments don't align with our expectations, we aren't assessing the right things.<br /><br />I feel somewhat optimistic about the direction of education, though, in that I have to believe the Age of Standardized Assessments will eventually end because it's a politician (not educator) driven method of accountability. It's not educationally sound practice. But what is educationally sound is the move toward looking at students as individuals in the classroom. As a result of heightened accountability, I feel as though educators are becoming more aware of students as individuals with individual needs. That, to me, is a positive outcome of what is happening right now in education. However, seeing them as individuals and testing them as groups is counterproductive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com