Getting Started for Inquiry Project

 

1.      Define your question Your topic should be fairly specific	Search Topic: what effects does standardized testing have on student learning and the education system?
2.      Analyze your topic concepts	Concept A	Concept B	Concept C
	The effect of standardized testing on student learning	The effect of standardized testing on the education environment	The effect of standardized testing on policy making for education system

 Standardized testing has always been a big part of my life, and interestingly it seems that students who are only a few years younger than me would have no standardized testing at all! One of the discussions I had with Jack was about the FSA, and how the BCTF opposes it, and how the Fraser Institute uses results to rank schools. We also talked briefly about the old provincials and other similar items such as the SAT, and whether or not there are benefits to keep them or consequences that would convince us to move away into something else. We talked about whether it gets into the way of learning, as in we are teaching to get high marks and not for understanding or making the connections, and we talked about whether standardized exams are a fair/equitable way for students or for others as a metric to measure something of their interest. (Grade inflation?)