Standardized Government Tests
Standardized tests are not designed to evaluate individual students. These standardized tests compare a child's progress to the progress of other children. When the results of these tests are reported to the child they can create self esteem problems. No two children learn at the same pace. The information obtained from these standardized tests is of minimal value if the desired goal was to assist an individual student. Tests can be good or disastrous to a student's enjoyment of learning. A test comparing one student to another can destroy a student's creativity and willingness to take risks. Life requires us to take risks. When we limit the risks we take to protect ourselves, we limit our opportunities to learn. In our public schools where tests are used to compare one child to another child creativity and risk taking are stifled. No one wants to be ostracized. The grading system in our public school's does just that; it ostracizes one student one from another. A child will either try to fall in line with others or rebel. Both of the chosen options are destructive to the child and to society. We must be careful how we use tests. In large families we must be careful we do not compare one child to another. We are all individuals with our own strengths and weaknesses. About the Author See Author Box Margene has been actively involved in education since the early 1980s. Her children have been homeschooled; two of her four have attended public school. Margene is an administrator for a private home school academy. Read more articles on education topics Standar Penilaian Pendidikan Penilaian pendidikan pada jenjang pendidikan dasar dan menengah terdiri atas: · Penilaian hasil belajar oleh pendidik; · Penilaian hasil belajar oleh satuan pendidikan; dan · Penilaian hasil belajar oleh Pemerintah. Penilaian pendidikan pada jenjang pendidikan tinggi terdiri atas: · Penilaian hasil belajar oleh pendidik; dan · Penilaian hasil belajar oleh satuan pendidikan tinggi. Penilaian pendidikan pada jenjang pendidikan tinggi sebagaimana dimaksud di atas diatur oleh masing-masing perguruan tinggi sesuai peraturan perundang-undangan yang berlaku. Berikut ini, Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional Republik Indonesia yang berkaitan dengan Standar Penilaian Pendidikan. · Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional Republik Indonesia No 20 Tahun 2007 tentang Standar Penilaian Pendidikan. >> kembali ke atas |