Thanks!
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Stephen Edele <sedele@harborschool.org>
wrote:
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I would be grateful to hear from any of you who do not use
> standardized testing as part of your program.
>
> What do you use in lieu of standardized tests?
>
> What is your rationale?
>
> How do you respond to the question about where your students stand in
> relation to other students, other schools, standardized criteria
> (state standards, e.g.)?
>
> My new school (an innovative coed day school for grades 4 through 8)
> does not administer standardized tests of any kind, a position I am
> quite comfortable with. The school has a very intelligent and
> articulate apologia which answers the questions I pose, but I would be
> very interested in hearing the thoughts of others who also may have
> abandoned standardized assessments.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Steve Edele
> Head Elect
> The Harbor School
> Vashon, WA
>
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in peace,
Norman Maynard
Principal, Thornton Friends Upper School
Silver Spring, MD
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