On page 245 Routman states, "Research shows that high achievement and high test scores result when what is tested is woven into daily teaching and challenging curriculum in a relevant manner. So much time teaching to the test exhausts teachers and students and makes everyone anxious." I would agree with the author on these two points. Lots of time is spent across the United States teaching to the test. What is tested must be woven into our everyday practices not a separate curriculum. With NCLB teachers are exhausted and student develop anxiety about test taking.
Also, I love her idea on page 247 about picturing the person who is going to be assessing your writing. I think this makes the assessment more authentic.
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I agree that we spend WAY too much time teaching to the test, rather than authentic writing. It is stressful to have your performance on one test tell everything about you as a teacher. I also liked the idea of picturing who will be reading your work as opposed to just writing without an audience.
Yes, we do spend way too much time teaching to the test. I also like picturing who will be grading your test so that you will have a real audience.
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