Now here's a question to which I'd love to have frank and honest answers from each of us on this listserve: which of us could score well on a test with that quantity of reading and three minute "breaks"? I can't understand why parents aren't screaming their heads off!
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to my world! You need to know that Maryland students > from grade three and up have faced this type of test for years now. Kids read > multiple passages...answer essays and multiple choice questions. For us, test > taking strategies are less important than building stamina... Yikes! > JenniferAll of this has worked in the past! However, this practice did not > prepare the students for the lengthyselections this year.The breaks are built > into the test (50 minutes, 3 minute break, 45minutes, 3 minute break, 45 > minutes) so we have no control over thatunless the student has an IEP or 504 > which allows for other modifications.The breaks are built into the test (50 > minutes, 3 minute break, 45minutes, 3 minute break, 45 minutes) so we have no > control over thatunless the student has an IEP or 504 which allows for other > modifications. _________________________________________________________________ Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ MakeCount _______________________________________________ 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.
