Educational Issue: Standardized Testing

This presentation on the educational issue of standardized testing was a useful and informative one that related to this topic that I have always found disheartening. The presentation was organized nicely, as it presented the history of standardized tests and different ways that have been used to assess over time, different types of standardized tests, and a video about tests. The other video that we watched was an interesting one as it made a unique connection between how students can use math textbooks to figure out solutions in the same ways they can approach these standardized tests; doing both in ways that they can find the answer without really knowing it. I did not enjoy doing the concept map, I felt unprepared for this, but I appreciated how this activity was done, providing two types of assessment. The brainstorming at the end of class was also useful, collaborating with others and sharing and listening to ideas of assessment and standardized tests. So overall, the presentation was well done, the presenters seemed well-informed on the topics and the information was given in an engaging way.