Re: grades, assessments, etc.

[Tim O'Donnell <odonnt@CELINA.K12.OH.US>]

> At one time I thought negatively of "teaching to the test".
> However, I now simply look at it from a different
> perspective.  My goal for assessment is to "test what I
> teach".  There should absolutely be a match between what is
> being taught and what is being tested.  This is why course
> objectives are so important.  The same objectives that are
> used to guide what is taught should be used to create the
> test.

But should I never teach something I won't test on.  It
seems to me there are subtopic which have some
importance, but I would'nt test on it just to keep the time
of testing down.