Question 5 (Free Response)
Based on your experience in the classroom, what do you understand to be benefits of traditional paper/pencil testing?

 
Answer Number of
Respondents
Percent
very objective, 1 6.7%
certain skills such as basic math facts need to be memorized and paper/pencil tests are an easy, concrete way to evaluate certain skills. 1 6.7%
it's a quick way to assess objective skills. it's easier to score. everyone is graded on the same things. 1 6.7%
i can easily see if the students have learned the concepts that i want them to know. there are right answers and wrong answers; most of the time there are not shades of gray. 1 6.7%
cover a lot of material. i do get critical thinking questions with math and test some reasoning skills. writing is another task it helps with. even i who does not have a liberal arts background had to write a lot in my subject area. 1 6.7%
paper/pencil are quick to grade and check for memorization of facts. 1 6.7%
it is quick and gives an immediate feedback of progress of the child. 1 6.7%
they are a way to see if the children understand what has been taught essay tests show the most,because the child has to put the answer inhis own words and give examples. 1 6.7%
math is where the greatest benefit is. asking explanations of why something is done, and showing how something is done gives a fairly clear indication if the student is "getting it" or not. 1 6.7%
gives concrete sheet to show what a student knows. 1 6.7%
the second graders are use to this. a lot of what you give is to spit the answers back to you. this is the easiest way. i asmit i am trying to get the children to do more thinking on their own. 1 6.7%
easy to grade/ easy to create/ not time consuming for students to do/ what kids are used to 1 6.7%
this testing quickly tests facts that need to be memorized. 1 6.7%
paper/pencil testing allows for a quick recall of information from the student and a way for them to work on writing their answers in an inttelligible way. 1 6.7%
i can see if the student knows the facts and in essay questions if they understand the concepts. 1 6.7%