Maryland High School Assessments Opposition
I oppose the use of the Maryland High School Assessments (HSAs) as high stakes graduation requirements.I believe that the HSA testing program represents an inappropriate violation of local control and... continue reading »
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"I'm a high school student and my teachers are always complaining about the HSAs and MSAs. I agree with them. The teachers can never go into detail about anything, and have to teach a new topic everyday, instead of spending a few days and having discussion"
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"High stakes testing does not serve special education students. They test poorly and passing them versus not passing determines whether or a students a diploma. The drop out rate is going to skyrocket. The use of these tests is creating a slow train wreck "
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"I totally disagree. How can one exam determine one's overall intellectual ability or capacity for learning. For example, whether a student knows what is a stradivarius or a violin does not make him or her any more or less intelligent than the student who "
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"The HSA will make Maryland students attendence decrease. This puts so much pressure on the class of 2009 and beyond. This needs to hurry up now because the class of 09 has to deal with this problem. Also some people careers are put on hold and are settlin"
"As a recently graduated high school student who was not mandated to pass the HSA for graduation I whole heartly agree with this petition Maryland town or city in which you reside Rockville"
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"A test should not determine if one should leave high school or not. I hate living with the fact that I may not leave high school because of a test. Maryland town or city in which you reside Baltimore County"
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"The HSA's plus the extra high standards for students in Maryland will make it impossible for many special education students to earn diplomas now and it will be impossible in 2009. The dropout rate will skyrocket. Maryland town or city in which you reside"
"We need to go back to teaching children concepts instead of teaching to take a test Maryland town or city in which you reside Temple Hills"
"Each child learns differently and an assessment test is not a subjective way to determine if he has learned. The assessment test will do more harm than good to the students of Maryland. There are all ready many tests out there such as the ACT and SAT that"
