Notice what he says about standardize testing in general, and AP - TopicsExpress



          

Notice what he says about standardize testing in general, and AP particularly: " in the AP U.S. Government exam the constructed responses are called “free response questions†and are graded by a rubric that is concerned primarily with content and, to a lesser degree, argument. If a student hits the points on the rubric, he or she gets the points for that rubric. . . . A student who takes time to construct a clear topic sentence and a proper conclusion gets no credit for those words. . . If, as a teacher, you want your students to do their best, you have to have them practice what is effectively bad writing— no introduction, no conclusion, just hit the points of the rubric and provide the necessary factual support. . . the approach works against development of the kinds of writing that would be expected in a true college-level course in government and politics."
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:40:58 +0000

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