I felt really bad reading chapter 16. I ask my students all kinds of questions at the beginning of the year, even things like how do you learn best, do you prefer group or individual projects, etc. But I don't think I have ever directly asked them, what's most needed for you to learn. I guess I had always figured that they wouldn't be able to directly answer that...I don't know if I could answer that really well even about myself. But I think that I will have that one their "welcome to class" questionnaire.
I enjoyed how they set up the chapter on assessment...I had thought it would be really boring, but it was more fun "listening in" on their conversation. I felt that they articulated the frustration that has become part of my life very well. I agree that if we would teach the way we know we should and not cling to the core content guide that students would do better on the KCCT. But they voiced my concern well...I'm not just worried about "my scores" or how my students do on their tests as much as the risk that I could do something wrong and set them up for failure, when they could have succeeded if I had just "stuck with the plan."
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In reading your blog, I agree fully. It seems to be a shame that so much class time is spent teaching to test. When Dr kajder was talking about the podcast, and mentioned the school in Kansas that spent half their school year preparing for test, it was saddening to hear. I know the test are suppose to test learning, but they don't seem to focus on preparing are students for the future, which is scary considering how test scores can impact a schools funding or resources.
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