Interview with Terry Davidson, Director of the Annual Michigan School Testing Conference
This week we talk with Terry Davidson, Director of the Michigan School Testing Conference and a self-proclaimed "quantoid". Terry shares his insights and a deep historical understanding of the topic matter and annual conference for Michigan School Testing.
"Ultimately, any test data that are collected, as far as I am concerned, need to be justified, and the primary justification for it, if I am a School Superintendent, has to do with gathering assessment data that help local classroom teachers make intelligent decisions about the effectiveness of their instruction, that's number one." Terry states.
"I understand the State wants data and I think there are ways to get that, but we can't lose sight of the fact that if we take teachers away from their primary task and don't arm them with the kind of data necessary to make intelligent decisions about what's effective instruction for each and every student in their class, we have lost the battle."
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