Testing

Here's my letter to Honolulu Advertiser

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Apr/26/op/op10pletters.html

Tests are essential in evaluating students

This in response to Shelli Aiona's letter complaining about high-stakes tests. The letter claimed that testing doesn't truly indicate what the children learned.

That's like saying, "Big games don't truly indicate an athlete's skills." If an athlete doesn't prosper in high school games, chances are he or she won't prosper as a college athlete. If a student doesn't do well on algebra tests, chances are he or she won't do well in calculus.

If we don't have tests, how else are we going to know if the students are really learning?

Pablo Wegesend
Honolulu