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This group is for Quality Learning issues concerning primary/elementary teachers, students and administrators. Quality Learning is having a huge impact on learning, behavior and classroom management. Share your examples and get ideas.

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Test Scores and Learning (4 posts)

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  • Avatar Image David Langford said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Is it possible to achieve high test scores and a love of learning? In our current world of accountability based largely on test scores, do we have to sacrifice the individual.

    What do you think? How do you walk the accountability/learning tight rope?

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  • Avatar Image Robyn Roberts said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    As I use capacity matrices to teach ICT skills to students in Grades Prep to Six in a Primary School, I try to address this issue by highlighting to students that it’s not just about being an ‘Expert’ (3rd column – I can do this by myself), which is the accountability, but on how much improvement has been made over time – which is the learning. What I have found is that it is not the same students who meet both criteria, and when it is shared with the students, self esteem bursts in beaming smiles, and you can see the ‘light bulb’ of self awareness for taking responsibility for own learning being turned on! As David mentioned in another post, I also need to verify that a student is an ‘Expert’.

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  • Avatar Image Shannon Raisch ( Roam) said 7 months ago:

    Sacrificing the individual– I would hope it to be celebrating the individual. As each student becomes empowered through the use of the many tools of quality learning, learning is increased by a motivated learner; consequently, test scores could only increase as a byproduct. So is it possible? Yes! In fact, using the tools/ thinking behind quality learning, high test scores should just fall into place right behind our empowered learners as we walk along the tightrope:)

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  • Avatar Image David Langford said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

    So right you are Shannon. Tests are not the evil part – how we use the results is the problem. If you are using the results to rank the children you will destroy motivation for learning. If you use the results to improve the system everyone benefits.

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