One problem you do not consider is the school cheating — the teacher either telling the kids what the questions on the test will be or rewriting the text after the kid hands it in. I gather it happens with the present system.
One problem you do not consider is the school cheating — the teacher either telling the kids what the questions on the test will be or rewriting the text after the kid hands it in. I gather it happens with the present system.
Cheating is absolutely a risk. One aspect of dealing with cheating is "...on the same terms...." I skipped details to keep the post shorter. If Public School Teachers get to administer these tests themselves with no oversight, then Charter, Private and Home Schools get to administer these tests themselves with no oversight. Pursuing this scheme for real probably requires something like proctoring the high stakes tests off-site by people who are not allowed to be connected to any school system, or allowing all schools, including Charter, Private and Home Schools, equal involvement in proctoring.
That said, for me "Dual Purpose High Stakes Testing" is an interesting gedanken experiment. It requires being more explicit about what Public or publicly-funded Education is supposed to achieve. It also starts to drive home to what extent should anyone be accountable for anything in this area.
One problem you do not consider is the school cheating — the teacher either telling the kids what the questions on the test will be or rewriting the text after the kid hands it in. I gather it happens with the present system.
Cheating is absolutely a risk. One aspect of dealing with cheating is "...on the same terms...." I skipped details to keep the post shorter. If Public School Teachers get to administer these tests themselves with no oversight, then Charter, Private and Home Schools get to administer these tests themselves with no oversight. Pursuing this scheme for real probably requires something like proctoring the high stakes tests off-site by people who are not allowed to be connected to any school system, or allowing all schools, including Charter, Private and Home Schools, equal involvement in proctoring.
That said, for me "Dual Purpose High Stakes Testing" is an interesting gedanken experiment. It requires being more explicit about what Public or publicly-funded Education is supposed to achieve. It also starts to drive home to what extent should anyone be accountable for anything in this area.