Why Standards?

Why are standards important in school assessments?

• To limit students' creativity and individuality

• To create unnecessary stress for students

• To ensure consistency and fairness in evaluating students' performance.

• To make it easier for some students to cheat

What are the potential drawbacks of not having a standard?

• Flexibility, innovation, and adaptability

• Inconsistency, inefficiency, and difficulty in communication and collaboration

• Uniformity, productivity, and smooth collaboration

• Consistency, efficiency, and ease of communication

How can a standard improve efficiency in a process?

• By adding more unnecessary steps

• By creating confusion and chaos

• By setting clear guidelines and procedures, eliminating unnecessary steps, and streamlining the workflow.

• By ignoring guidelines and procedures

What are the key elements of a good standard?

• Clear, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound

• Ambiguous, immeasurable, unattainable, irrelevant, and timeless

• Vague, unmeasurable, unachievable, irrelevant, and timeless

• Unclear, immeasurable, unattainable, irrelevant, and timeless

How do standards contribute to consistency in performance?

• Standards have no impact on performance

• Standards create chaos and inconsistency in performance

• Standards provide guidelines and criteria for consistent performance.

• Standards only apply to certain individuals or groups