Koretz Test Prep Block Party Process

[Real Time Version –> The middle of the classroom is set up with two rows of chairs facing each other]

[Virtual Version –> Partners are assigned randomly to breakout rooms]

ONE	TWO	THREE	FOUR	FIVE
SIX	SEVEN	EIGHT	NINE	TEN
ELEVEN	TWELVE	THIRTEEN	FOURTEEN	FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN	SEVENTEEN	EIGHTEEN	NINETEEN	TWENTY

• Please follow the numbered link corresponding to your ASSIGNED NUMBER to an excerpt from : Koretz, D. (2017). The testing charade: pretending to make schools better. Ch. 7, Test Prep.
• Carefully read and reflect on the highlighted text then take
• Two (2) minutes to:Read your highlighted excerpt to your partner, and
• Listen as your partner reads their highlighted excerpt to you.
• Discuss the two excerpts.
• With your partner, write a sentence or two on the whiteboard about what you think is the primary thesis of the chapter  
• Return to main virtual classroom to discuss.