The unintended consequences of the liberal mind. In this case maybe even INTENDED. Lowest Common Denominator.
Bell Curve Ahead, slow down!
Posted on 03/14/2017 4:51:22 PM PDT by blam
At a time when the United States has plummeted in the global rankings of education standards, one of the country’s largest states is poised to scrap a test designed to measure the reading and writing skills of people trying to become teachers.
Citing the fact that an outsized percentage of black and Hispanic candidates were failing the test, members of the New York state Board of Regents plans to adopt a task force's recommendation to eliminate the literacy exam, known as the Academic Literacy Skills Test, given to prospective teachers.
The move to do away with the test has been met with mixed reviews. Supporters of the exam say that eliminating it could put weak teachers in the classroom, while critics argue the test is confusing, redundant and a poor predictor of who will succeed as a teacher.
"We want high standards, without a doubt. Not every given test is going to get us there," said Leslie Soodak, a professor of education at Pace University who served on the task force that examined the state's teacher certification tests.
The literacy test was among four assessments introduced in the 2013-2014 school year as part of an effort to raise the level of elementary and secondary school teaching in the state.
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If your can't pass the 'entrance' exam, scrap the exam.
Get your children out of these broken public schools.
Now you will have dumba##es teaching your children because they are black and Latino and thats it.
You just can’t “out stupid” bureaucrats and unions!!!!!
People with lesser abilities will guarantee students wth lesser abilities. But it is Leftist NY. Is anyone surprised? Dems surely don’t want an intelligent electorate, now OR in the future.
Plus, critics said, the test’s $131 price tag is too steep.
And...they'll retire at a younger age with a higher pension than you.
Well! Well! WELL! Does anyone remember the “bell curve?” Yep...it’s there and it still applies to all who don’t have the intellect to actually learn.
The unintended consequences of the liberal mind. In this case maybe even INTENDED. Lowest Common Denominator.
Bell Curve Ahead, slow down!
This country is so going to hell.
It’s appalling that there is not a standard English proficiency and literacy test required for all schoolteachers in the USA, given the high levels of deficiencies reported. However, it must be the right test, well designed and thoroughly validated. The comment from the guy at the Manhattan Institute (not a lefty organization by any means) suggests that this may be a vague, lousy test. The proper response is not to do away with the requirement, but to get a better test.
It is truly astounding that there should be any issue at all about creating and requiring a competent test of this nature. As for “racial disparities” in testing, the solution is not to drop standards but to insist that ALL failing candidates work harder to improve their competence.
Who wants illiterate teacher trying to teach their children?
Facts are racist.
Maybe they want the teachers to talk like Barbara Billingsley did in Airplane:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXSLcYQHqFQ
...suggests that this may be a vague, lousy test.
So it’s a vague, lousy test that whites can pass better than black or Hispanics?
What are these perspective teachers learning in Teacher’s College? I suppose this is what happens when teachers are not allowed to correct pupil’s papers in red pen because it is “hurtful”. Or do not correct a pupil’s spelling because it interferes with his creative writing.
What are these perspective teachers learning in Teacher’s College? I suppose this is what happens when teachers are not allowed to correct pupil’s papers in red pen because it is “hurtful”. Or do not correct a pupil’s spelling because it interferes with his creative writing.
What are these perspective teachers learning in Teacher’s College? I suppose this is what happens when teachers are not allowed to correct pupil’s papers in red pen because it is “hurtful”. Or do not correct a pupil’s spelling because it interferes with his creative writing.
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