Illuminating and Challenging Specious High Stakes Standardized Test Preparation Methodologies
Location
Room 210
Proposal Track
Practice Report
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
Historically, educational reform initiatives highlight standardized tests as reliable tools to measure student performance. Unfortunately, educational reform initiatives have yet to narrow the achievement gap between high and low performing students and have arguably aided in its growth. Recent testing scandals have cast a bright light on the widening disparity in academic achievement as well as test preparation methodology. This article critically examines two arguments on teaching to the test and teaching the test as valid methodologies. A collaborative argumentation educational model is offered to attend to the learning needs of policy makers, parents, students, administrators, and teachers in an effort to avoid the corruption, data manipulation and cheating that negatively impacts the educational system.
Keywords
Test preparation, Teach to the test, Teach the test
Recommended Citation
Stephens, Corbin, "Illuminating and Challenging Specious High Stakes Standardized Test Preparation Methodologies" (2014). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 59.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2014/2014/59
Proposal
Illuminating and Challenging Specious High Stakes Standardized Test Preparation Methodologies
Room 210
Historically, educational reform initiatives highlight standardized tests as reliable tools to measure student performance. Unfortunately, educational reform initiatives have yet to narrow the achievement gap between high and low performing students and have arguably aided in its growth. Recent testing scandals have cast a bright light on the widening disparity in academic achievement as well as test preparation methodology. This article critically examines two arguments on teaching to the test and teaching the test as valid methodologies. A collaborative argumentation educational model is offered to attend to the learning needs of policy makers, parents, students, administrators, and teachers in an effort to avoid the corruption, data manipulation and cheating that negatively impacts the educational system.
