Multiple Choice Tests

Even though our school systems today do not necessarily promote dialogue and discussion during classes, particularly during the early years, I believe parents and society should use the information provided here as a departing point. Our students can learn freely when they are being recognized and considered as active participants in their own education. Education in my point of view takes place in dialogue, and the interactive self evaluations and feedback between not only the teacher and the student, but also between the environment and the child, and indeed society as a whole. This includes friends and other parental images. If students are therefore only being taught how to take multiple-choice exams, then they are missing out on a very important part of their education, which are these very productive dialogues that can help them explore new themes and ideas.

Lastly, I agree with the argument of the article, subject of this essay, that “classroom assessments and standardized tests should not rely more than on a small amount of multiple-choice questions, or short-answer items. Instead, other well-designed forms of assessment should be implemented and used properly. Most importantly, all teachers need to be capable of high quality assessment to help their students learn.” This assessment will really help to make the necessary modifications or changes in lesson planning, which in turn will help correct decisions as to which methods of education to use. For Special Education teachers it is preciously good to know how to teach students of different backgrounds and disabilities, and this pursuit entails a variegated set of more interactive educational tools and techniques, chief among them dialogue, observation, explanations, improved evaluations, and quality assessment and scoring methods. In this way they will be able to provide the proper accommodations for these students, by teaching them valuable skills for real life.