Ick ick ick. Run, don't walk, away from Standards Plus. It is a highly scripted multiple choice test prep thingie that is really really dull, boring, and probably expensive. In most grades students have a "workbook" and the teacher uses overheads. It's done once a day. Teacher puts overhead up, students do the page, teacher goes over the answers. bleagh bleagh At my school they are even doing it in Kindergarten, and in my opinion it is a complete waste of time. Imagine the time consumed handing out the worksheets to students, getting out the overhead, standing at the overhead directing the whole class of 5-year-olds to circle the correct answer to something. You should see how many papers just get scribbled on.
Run, run, run, as fast as you can. Renee On Apr 1, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Brenda White-Keller wrote: > Has anyone used Standards Plus? My principal is talking about > starting this program. I'm curious if anyone has used it and been > successful. Is there another intervention program that is better????? > Thanks, > Brenda > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." ~ Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
