Standardized Testing (from october)

From my mentor teacher:

I favor formative assessment for a couple of reasons. First, students tend to do poorly on summative assessments because they are nervous and they psych themselves out. Formative assessments measure student progress on a more frequent basis. This way I am able to see what areas students are struggling with and it makes it easier for me to review ideas that are difficult.


Standardized testing does not really play a role because students are not tested in Social Studies. At times too much emphasis is placed on standardized testing....is it really measuring student progress??