Sabrina is in her third year as a sixth grade teacher in a district that uses a lot of standardized tests to evaluate student progress and to provide public accountability for the district's programs. Last year, Sabrina decided to investigate the issue of standardized tests and their use as evaluative and planning tools. Sabrina's friend Jose said, " The problem with standardized tests and the fixed curricula they engender is their tendency to kill off the kind of education that matters most."

Sabrina has some questions (three of them) about the role of standardized tests, and found this Website while surfing the Internet:

http://engines4ed.org/hyperbook/nodes/NODE-69-pg.html

This activity contains 3 questions.

	What is an example of natural vs. formal learning?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	How is the grade system limiting education?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	What is wrong with the "right answer" system?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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