So who would know what level you tested them at? This is a case where I would nod yes at the meeting and go do what I know makes more sense. I rarely have half a class that maintains where they were. And yes, 1 or 2 would be higher, but most would be lower.
Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:50:02 -0400 > Subject: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing > > This year our district has mandated that we test each of our students whether > they are on, below, or above grade level at the very start of the school > year. We are to test each child one level above where they ended the > previous school year. Out of my 20 students, only one student passed at a > higher level (and that was a child I had retained). Now I have to retest all > 20 of them on the level they came to me. If they don't pass that (my guess > is that some of them won't), I have to test them down until I find a test > that they do pass. > > My argument was that we should test where they were last May and then test up > or down based on those results. I was told absolutely not. Why would we > think that our students would test higher in September than they did at the > end of May? Most of them did not read over the summer and even those that > did read, showed no growth on the test. I would greatly appreciate your > input. I don't have an issue with testing but the test should be helpful to > my instruction of the child. In my opinon this is just a phenomenal waste of > precious contact time. > Thanks. > Leslie > > Leslie R.Stewart > Grade 3 Teacher > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX > > To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, > ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. > ~ Gaston Bachelard ~ > > > <http://thinkexist.com/birthday/september_24/> > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
