Going to meet 'The Man' on your behalf

[contink]

Can I ask one really stupid question here..

 

What the heck is all so fired important about online testing?

 

Are there any reasons other than "Oooh it's a new shiny toy" about the approach that make it vital?

 

In part I'm being derisive but I'm also very interested to know if there are some honest to goodness valid reasons for using online testing at all...

[GrumbleDook]

Ok ... taking a step back and I apologies if I am telling folk to suck eggs, but there is such a wide range of people on EG I am bound to be stating the obvious to some and saying something new to others.

 

The way the existing curriculum was set up (years ago ... you will still hear people talking about us using a Victorian or Edwardian model designed to fit around factories) the idea was that you had skills and knowledge thrown at you and some stuck. At the end of the throwing you were stuck in a room and formally tested. It had to be done at the end of the throwing ... but a good number of schools did some 'mock' testing as you went through.

 

Coursework and modular units meant that you get tested at the end when you had done that chunk of work ... but all based on sitting down in a room and putting pen to paper.

 

Nowadays it is accepted that it is not so much throwing stuff at kids ... but once they have learnt the basic bit of catching there are lots of different places to get the skills and knowledge from ... not just the person at the front of the class. This means kids work at different paces ... so they finish their units and are sat around waiting until everyone else has finished.

 

The idea is that they can do their test when they have finished the unit. Since this would be almost impossible if you did it on paper they education world is taking a leaf out of professional qualifications and some vocational qualifications. Like it or loathe it ... online tests for certifications generally work. They are not perfect ... but they suit the requirements more than pen and paper do.

 

I've skipped over some large points ... but that is the general drive.

[contink]

Thanks Tony... That was I was after...

[Domino]

Going to meet 'The Man' on your behalf

 

 

....Shaft?

[GrumbleDook]

Just to bump this ... have a read of the following blog post.

SharePointEduTech Using Windows 7 and UMRA for Controlled Assessment

[GrumbleDook]

Just to bump this ... have a read of the following blog post.

SharePointEduTech Using Windows 7 and UMRA for Controlled Assessment

[bashy]

Works well, have been using it for a while. Rob was a great help in writing the scripts to lock out the folders after the Ca was finished . Only the teacher to worry about now.