tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503748290690936207.post6273149517093452865..comments2024-03-14T16:57:36.002-04:00Comments on The Musings of a Book Addict: Is America Dumbing Down Education?Sandra Stileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05028361723666419462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503748290690936207.post-67360506687406900652012-07-12T13:51:37.463-04:002012-07-12T13:51:37.463-04:00Awesome blog. Very informative. Your blog is very ...Awesome blog. Very informative. Your blog is very valuable from the blogger’s mind. Keep it up!Help With Dissertation Writinghttp://www.dissertationhub.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503748290690936207.post-69999773885658876082012-05-22T20:52:09.143-04:002012-05-22T20:52:09.143-04:00This is so true. We keep pushing kids forward but...This is so true. We keep pushing kids forward but don't pay attention to the consequences. Where I once learned algebra in 9th grade we now have 6th graders taking algebra. This is not a bad thing. But, what part of the curriculum do we push through too quickly to push them ahead. Too many of them do not have the firm foundation they need.Sandra Stileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028361723666419462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503748290690936207.post-14146194442353426102012-05-22T09:56:28.169-04:002012-05-22T09:56:28.169-04:00Since when does it ever make sense to lower our st...Since when does it ever make sense to lower our standards to improve anything?! A building without a firm foundation will never hold what is built on it. To push a child ahead so they don't have to experience any embarrasement, only serves to cheat them out of a firm educational foundation on which everything else is to be built! Being held back is not failure, failure would be to send them on without a real education and a certificate that is false!Pamella Bagleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503748290690936207.post-9710853763536149492012-05-05T08:54:41.111-04:002012-05-05T08:54:41.111-04:00I'm not against testing. I believe we need to...I'm not against testing. I believe we need to have tests. We test our students to death here in the US. This last year we had 3 district writing tests plus our state test that took four days. That is in addition to what we as teachers do to assess our students. We need authentic assessment. But if we use that assessment to put kids in classes where they don't belong it is wrong. You may be a terrible test taker and be able to perform college level work. Yet, if you can't pass the test due to test anxiety or any number of reasons, such as you lost a family member the week of the test and your head wasn't into the test, then your test score dictates where you are placed. I have students this year placed in an advanced class only because they can read at a high enough level or because they are great at guessing on the test to pass it. I have students with reading disabilities that struggle with the test, yet could sit with adults and carry on a deep, critical thinking conversation because they "get it", but having issues, such as dyslexia.Sandra Stileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028361723666419462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503748290690936207.post-91051962993152679412012-05-05T08:28:05.082-04:002012-05-05T08:28:05.082-04:00It is a rather interesting piece of opinion. I hav...It is a rather interesting piece of opinion. I have little experience in teaching, apart from volunteering as a teacher for past one year, nut I disagree with the concept of failing students. Things may be different in US but at least where I am from, exams are the only way to gauge students and the whole concept of exams is not fair. I mean, it reduces everything to some 2.5 hours. Failing someone on the basis of that is not fair.<br /><br /><a href="http://readthatalso.blogspot.in" rel="nofollow">Read that also</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com