Discussion 1 Debate It: The Value of Standardized Tests. Please respond to the following:"

• There are several standardized tests required of students at different grades in their school careers. Take a position for or against the use of standardized tests to measure student achievement and a school's effectiveness. Provide support for your claims with quotes, statistics, examples, etc. from the sources you accessed. Cite your sources in your discussion.

• Analyze the effectiveness of standardized tests assessing culturally diverse students.

Discussion 2

Best Practices: Performance Assessment with Portfolios. Please respond to the following:

• Describe one best practice you use or plan to use for incorporating performance assessment with portfolios and explain the challenges and benefits of using this type of assessment.

• Review Bloom's Taxonomy to write three different levels of learning objectives for a subject you teach and determine which assessment would be most appropriate for each learning objective. Explain your reasons for selecting the assessment for each objective.