Should isasp test be issued at schools?
ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) was developed in 1935 and has been given to 3-11 grade students in the category of mathematics, reading, and biology. ISASP was developed to meet the requirements federal every student Success Act (ESSA). Witch is a U.S law passed in December 2015 to hold students accountable for how students learn and achieve.
ISASP is a state standardized test that mostly everybody took here recently and most people did not like taking it. I have heard teachers say that they don't like giving the ISASP test. I personally don't like ISASP testing and think that it should not be given at school. Some people might argue this and say isasp is good and that it is a way for teachers to see what you know and what you don't. People might also say that it is good because if people score high the school gets more state funding. I completely agree but I feel that our knowledge can be tested besides something other than a large state standardized test.
ISASP is a test that a lot of people get stressed over, including teachers and other school staff. Isasp gets teachers stressed because they have to initiate a full online test and technology doesn't always work the best. Teachers also have to make sure that there are no posters, pictures, or lettering on the walls that could help any student in any way. Isasp also stresses out students because there are 3-5 important tests that are in a week and if they don't score proficient then they lose more privileges when they get further on in high school. Isasp also stresses out other school staff like computer techs because during the testing a lot of things can go wrong with the computer or the app that ISASP is on.
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Questions:
Do you think that ISASP should be administered?
What are some other ways the state can test our knowledge?
Do you think open campus should be based on ISASP?
Replies
I agree there are better ways our knowledge could be tested
I agree the state could look at our knowledge by looking at the scores for semester testing with things like semester testing.
I think that the ISASP should be administered even though students don't like to take the tests, because the whole purpose is for the state to test our knowledge. At least the test is not graded so I guess if you don't care you don't have to try but most do so they can get open campus. I don't think that it should be based on ISASP but I understand it is like a perk of actually trying.
I agree that the purpose is for the state to test our knowledge but feel they could test it with something else like semester testing
I don't necessarily think that the ISASP should be administered and I definitely think there should be other ways to test our own knowledge. I think there is some option of the open campus being based on the ISASP but then again I think that open campus should be based on other testing or other things besides just your ISASP scores. ISAPS are also very stressful for the students because on some days the students would have up to 3 tests a day.
I agree I feel that a certain percentage of open campus should be based on ISASP but feel that GPA and semester testing should be a higher percent to see if we should get an open campus or not
I personally think that we should not do Iowa assessments anymore because they are pointless. If they don't count towards your grade we shouldn't have to focus on them for a week of school. If schools want to look at how proficient people are they should just look at their test and homework scores.
I agree because a lot of people see that it will not impact their grades so they don't even try
I don't think the ISASP should be administered because some kids don't take it seriously and some teachers aren't the greatest at teaching the material so some kids don't even know what they are doing so they just guess. I don't think the ISASP should determine if we get an open campus or not because some kids have good grades/GPA and just don't do well on their ISASP.
I agree and sometimes stress gets to people witch causes them to do poor on the test even if they do know the material
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