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Many of us are still in the middle of standardized test-taking season.
I have lots of useful resources at Best Posts On How To Prepare For Standardized Tests (And Why They’re Bad).
Jennifer Binis recently tweeted out a number of materials I’m adding to the list:
This is a short, accessible piece from @jaymctighe that gets at more thinking about test prep. Recognizing a lot of it easier said than done, but a lot of times, people do reflexive test prep. This gets at some underlying thinking. https://t.co/h8vPOouoP0
— Jennifer Binis (@JennBinis) April 26, 2019
The person who's done the most work on the topic is probably Jeanne Miyasaka. I strongly believe any teacher or admin planning text prep activities should read her foundational text. It's free and fascinating: https://t.co/pJ6kTITbaF More text recommendations below. pic.twitter.com/up1w6G2C23
— Jennifer Binis (@JennBinis) April 26, 2019
But again, it's not a new construct. There are more than few stories about young men would couldn't get into Harvard on their first try in the 1800's because they struggled with the entrance interview or didn't know the right text. More here: https://t.co/TMOOqGNAOt pic.twitter.com/0uRSOU81DM
— Jennifer Binis (@JennBinis) April 26, 2019
But back to prep. Getting our brains around what is and what isn't good, high quality, ethically-defensible test prep isn't easy. Mary Lee Smith looked at practices against ethics here: https://t.co/n4TIvhA1fG Gregory Bell builds on it here: https://t.co/ISK3XymYa1 pic.twitter.com/KBwrJe8213
— Jennifer Binis (@JennBinis) April 26, 2019
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