The sales people convince the administration it is the "best" thing since sliced bread the "cure all".......teachers are never invited to give an opinion of these things.(every teacher know there is NOT ONE magic bean, but lots of little adjustments!) Once the district buys in of course they insist we use it!
Education sales are almost as obscene and pharmaceutical sales! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carrie Cahill Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 8:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOSAIC] (no subject) In response to the post below - and to everyone around the country - I ask......THEN WHY USE IT (AIMSWEB)????????? We have enough to do in the classroom without adding an extra layer of testing that does nothing to inform instruction and it doesn't even do what it professes to do - which is to i.d. kids for RtI!!!!!!! I can't believe this assessment has gotten so popular and teachers have not risen up in rebellion. Carrie K-8, IL We've been using AIMSWeb for 3 years now for at least K-5 (I think maybe higher also). The fluency CBMs are just like DIBELS. Aimsweb also has a comprehension maze test and a couple of math tests. It gives a lot of reports as to how a student is doing based on class, school, etc... It's an okay start as to identifying students for RTI services. I don't think you should use it solely to place students into RTI intervention groups. _______________________________________________ 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.
