Children Quote

Young children learn best when they become active workers rather than passive learners. Author-Bropy (1992)

I would like to thank all my colleagues for their support and feedback during this course.  I enjoyed all of the wonderful discussion forums during the entire time we spent together.  Good luck to each and everyone of you.

Testing Children

Parents want to know that their children are performing up to standard.  For years, school districts have used standardized test to keep track of student performance and to make comparison between themselves and others.  In my opinion, these types of test does not measure what children know and can do.  Children often believe they are being tested on material they have covered to see how well they comprehend the material, in reality, these test are putting pressure on children to memorize information.  Standardize testing labels children because they does not provide useful information about the individual child.  In order to assess children to find out what a child is learning, I feel that assessments such as observations records, student work samples, data from running records, and recording of student's performances are indeed ways to measure students' achievement.

In the country of Korea, the entire education system is geared entirely to the test.  Principals and administrators are concerned only with how their school fare competitively against others.  The test results are only used to determine which are the best students, and then categorize them.  The students achieving the best scores are sent to specialized charter schools for an education in technology, science or other pursuits.  The poorest test achievers are sent to industrial schools.

Ref:
Woelders, A. & Moes, E. (2002). Testing and Education in Korea. Retrieved from http:/bctf.ca/publications/newsmagarticle.aspx?id=11224