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Case: Testing Fairness
As a rule in Ms. Walker's class, before each exam each student is provided with a study guide complete with questions to answer. To ensure that the students even look at the study guide, they must submit the answers to the study guide on the day of the exam. Students who do not have the completed study guide must submit the study guide, along with taking a modified, advanced version of the test. According to a parent, this policy is unfair, and the study guide rule should not exist. Is this an unfair rule and practice?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I believe this is an unfair practice. Ms. Walker has become frustrated that her students have not completed her study guide that she worked so hard to create. In turn, Ms. Walker decides that she'll show those "kids" and makes them take a harder test. Ms. Walker feels justified because she "got" those lazy students. How about the student who wrote down bull crap on their study guide to make Ms. Walker feel better about herself? How about the student who sat at their home while dad was hauled off to jail? How about the student who really doesn't care about the "stupid" study guide or its consequences and aces Ms. Walker's exam? I guess Ms. Walker will come up with a new consequence for students who are lazy and smart. Ms. Walker needs to think about the ultimate goal of the assessment. The assessment is used to see if a student knows the material. Count the study guide as a homework grade and move on. Just like Ms. Walker, most teachers have become frustrated at some point in their career. Some are meant to educate and some are meant to get out of education for the sake of students. Ms. Walker needs to evaluate her career choice and see if this is really what she needs to be doing. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: I agree. It is okay to make the students turn in the study guide, but giving the students who did not turn it in a harder exam will just hurt everyone, and will not necessarily motivate other students to turn it in. |
| Rated On: October 19, 2014 8:45 pm |
| Rated By: SuGaNe |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I agree with this solution |
| Rated On: February 28, 2015 9:49 pm |
| Rated By: eSaPaz |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: You consider the feelings from those that are suffering as a result of this policy for a variety of reasons. I like how you mention all the possibilities, both things that students both can and cannot help. I like the idea of the study guide for a homework grade, rather than it's completion determining the difficulty of a test. |
| Rated On: March 10, 2015 1:32 pm |
| Rated By: Jonelle J |
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