Thank you!!!

I would like to take this time to thank all the classmates for the wonderful posts that was shared during our class and here on blogspot. I have gained many new insights and wonderful information to take with me. I also wish everyone a Happy Healthy Holiday Season.

Children's Quote

The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way. – Howard Gardner

Testing and children

I feel that testing on children should only focus on areas where the parent and or the teacher suspect a disability. It seems that when children are given tests during the school year, the only thing that comes out of the testing is comparing the children to each other and more testing. Children are being labeled at an early age due to testing and unfortunately for many children that label never goes away.

The first recorded use of standardized testing occurred in France at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. France began to require all students attend some school, and educators and administrators foresaw the problem of special education. To assess the abilities of children, the French government commissioned Theodore Simon and Alfred Binet to study this issue. They came up with what we now call an "IQ test."

Read more: Types of Standardized Tests for School Age | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5468064_types-standardized-tests-school-age.html#ixzz1gAujm6p9