tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post1768144939496872369..comments2024-03-29T06:57:49.917-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Parent opts child out of field test and opts into meaningful learningLisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-20642521353599408402012-05-10T01:00:41.078-04:002012-05-10T01:00:41.078-04:00Good for her... either they need to offer meaningf...Good for her... either they need to offer meaningful instruction for those not testing, or they need to offer them the option of an excused absence in my opinion!<br /><br />Anonymous... then the teachers could just as easily 'field test' it couldn't they? Why should school children have to do their job of ensuring that it 'works?' If it truly needs to be tested that way, then have several schools worth of teachers and other school staff test drive it instead of wasting a day of school on it.Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101654851982990627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-47931994726572561582012-05-09T20:16:08.318-04:002012-05-09T20:16:08.318-04:00Has the school indicated the purpose of the field ...Has the school indicated the purpose of the field testing? Where I teach, we recently had a field test for the writing exam because it is finally going online next year (after being paper-pencil), so it was less "experimenting on kids" and more of a true test to see if the testing system works and if any bugs needed to be worked out. And honestly, the students (high school juniors) didn't take it seriously at all and just did whatever. In fact, I think some were done in 15 minutes.<br /><br />A field test session now can prevent a huge clusterf--- on test day. Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com