tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733341245051470852.post2561226166005955780..comments2023-10-21T05:28:33.807-04:00Comments on What to Read Today: How good is your "Excellent" Ohio school?Paula Bolyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567777774272590296noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733341245051470852.post-5462654338177593362011-04-25T20:39:34.238-04:002011-04-25T20:39:34.238-04:00That's a valid concern as well, although there...That's a valid concern as well, although there are a bunch of questions that require short answers and the you can't get away with that in the essay portion. <br /><br />That said, my son, who was homeschooled K-11 and enroll in public school to participate in PSEO his senior year found out the night before he had to take the OGT and managed to pass it on the first try, most sections with the top rating. Since we didn't follow the same curriculum or course of study as the public schools, I assume he probably guessed at more than a couple of them, especially in the "social studies" section.Paula Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567777774272590296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733341245051470852.post-21695570783968512742011-04-20T17:00:50.758-04:002011-04-20T17:00:50.758-04:00Another reason to be skeptical of the extremely pe...Another reason to be skeptical of the extremely percentage of correct answers required by a student on the OGT in order to be labeled proficient is the fact that no attempt is made to differentiate between correct answers which are correct because the student actually knows the answer and those correct answers which are arrived at by guessing. <br /><br />For example, suppose that a student knows absolutely nothing and therefore must guess on every question. On a 4 part multiple choice question -- most questions on the OGT are of this type -- the average percentage correct would be 25% since all of the correct answers were arrived at by guessing and there is a one in four chance of randomly selecting the correct answer.<br /><br />Likewise, if a student knows the correct answer to one in five of the questions (20%) and must guess on the other 4, getting, on average, one of those 4 correct simply by chance, the final average percentage correct will be 40% which is almost sufficient to be labeled proficient.<br /><br />How can those in charge of setting such extremely low performance standards sleep at night?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08909394142193586048noreply@blogger.com