Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST)

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Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST)

Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST)

@NoTestFL

Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST) works to highlight the deficiencies in Florida's current system of standardized testing. See also: @FLAccountable

Tallahassee, FL Katılım Nisan 2019
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Floridians For Sensible Accountability (FFSA)
@NoTestFL Standardized testing might demand a lot of time within the school day, but portfolios require a larger time investment by the teacher. Given that teachers would have to assess each individual student, evaluations would drag on, giving teachers less time to prepare lessons.
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Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST)
Standardized testing is not supportive of student engagement. In a case study, implementing portfolios in a college physics classroom by Slater in 1997, students reported that they felt "relieved" and could "look at the holistic physics of a given situation. #Putstudentsfirst
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Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST)
@FLAccountable Comparison to other students is not a necessary marker of progress or proficiency. With strong standards, criterion-based forms of evaluation, like portfolio assessments give students the opportunity to demonstrate their unique skills and talents.
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Floridians For Sensible Accountability (FFSA)
Alternative forms of assessment may seem enticing, but they don't offer a straightforward method of comparison. Testing works because it allows for a universal minimum level of competency to graduate. How can colleges ensure that students are prepared with respect to their peers?
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Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST)
@FLAccountable Roach may be out of touch with state standards, but he still demonstrates the missing link between tests and success. As a professional with multiple STEM degrees, he possesses the mathematics and communication foundations to succeed, evidently not from standardized testing.
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Floridians For Sensible Accountability (FFSA)
@NoTestFL Just because an adult who graduated from the public school system decades ago is not familiar with standards does not mean that tests are flawed. Standards change. Roach may not need some of the core math skills for his work, but that does not make them irrelevant to students.
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Ed Young
Ed Young@edyoung4florida·
With #FSA #testing starting this week, I thought I should remind everyone of a few of things about #kids that standardized testing doesn't measure. My #students are more than a test. #teaching #teachers #education
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Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST)
Florida bases many important decisions on students' test scores, including students' ability to graduate and pass their grade. An entire year evaluated in a few hours time. How is that comprehensive? Make evaluation long-term instead. #Portfolios #PeopleGrow
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Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST)
Did You Know? According to an internal investigation by the FLDOE, students spend 10-13 hours taking state exams each year! That time could have gone to extracurricular enrichment or expansions on class content. Instead, it's spent sitting in an isolated room. #PoorTimeManagement
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Citizens Against Standardized Testing (CAST)
Join the movement for an alternative to Florida's claustrophobic and ineffective system of testing! Evaluations through portfolio and performance-based assessments provide a route for a more critical education for Florida's best and brightest. #alternativeevaluation
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