Test anxiety skyrockets as administrators find new and improved invalid ways to use test scores:
The anxiety level is sky-high at schools across the state [Indiana] this week. Annual ISTEP+ testing begins, with high-stakes implications for schools, school districts, teachers, administrators and students.Noblesville High School even managed to push the stakes higher, with a requirement to pass the standardized test or be banned from driving to school.
Whaaaa? Come on, folks. It's hard enough to convince the public that all these tests are both necessary and useful for improving education. Pulling something like this out of the hat is just plain silly. Yes, driving is a privilege, not a right, I know. However, I see no reason for a school to assign driving/parking privileges on anything other than (a) seniority and (b) need.
Posted by kswygert at September 19, 2005 12:19 PM