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A 5 page research paper that offers a student a template designed to spur reflection on curriculum assessment. The writer draws heavily on the work of P.S. Hlebowitsh. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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current political climate the high-stakes testing, which is traditional standardized testing, mandated by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act and the various state laws that were passed in order
to meet federal regulations regarding this legislation. As the student researching this topic has failed to inform the writer about his/her school district, school or classroom, the writer will assume
that the student teaches middle school in a traditionally oriented school district that is endeavoring to follow the mandates of the NCLB and, subsequently, uses traditional, standardized tests as the
primary means of assessment. Also the student researching this topic should note that references drawing from the writing of P.S. Hlebowitsh occur towards the end of this example research.
As a term "assessment" has been defined as a "test, planned procedure, method or task used to guide decisions about student learning, curriculum and instruction" (Moore, 2003, p. 20). Traditional
forms of assessment, which are typically referred to as standardized testing, include such methods as multiple-choice tests and fill-in-the blank tests, and alternative assessment generally refers to methods that are
performance based, such as rubrics and portfolios, observation and real-world tasks (Moore, 2003). A problem with traditional testing is that students will memorize math formulas and facts that they
retain for a short period but fail to retain over the long term. Also, educational research suggests that standardized testing does not accurately assess the level of cognitive development required
for the twenty-first century, that is, the ability to problem solve (Riorda, 2005). A principal problem with traditional assessment, i.e., standardized testing, is that it does not offer accurate evaluation
of the students "knowledge and skill of subject matter," and also whether or not the students comprehend the connections between the course material and how it can be related
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