Just to piggyback on what everybody is writing - its the same here in
New Jersey. My husband, inlaws and myself are all teachers in various
school districts throughout the state. We do nothing but test, test,
test.
My husband teaches ESL in a urban high school. Between high school HESPA
( our state test), ESL Access and the proctoring he needs to do for
various other tests there are months he has missed taking his classes
for 18 days!
In my school district they are requiring our teachers to create common
assessments (both formative and summative) for the new CCS at every
grade level. UGH!
I agree with one of the other comments: talk the talk, but walk your own
walk! It's important to keep the creative and fun activities alive in
your classes. When your students are grown its not the the tests they
will remember, but rather the teachers that inspired them and made
learning fun!
Donna
Gr 4 NJ
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Debbie BROWNFIELD wrote:
I whole heartedly agree!!!Debbie
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:29:16 -0500
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] summatives
Brenda,
I wholeheartedly agree with you that all this RTI required testing is
worse than what came about under NCLB and AYP. We have to "probe"
tier 2 kids every 2 weeks in addition to all the formative and
summative assessments.
Teachers in my district all feel that we just don't teach anymore. We
do assessments that bear no relationship to our curriculum and then
teach things that have lesser value (ie. fluency rather than
comprehension) because it is easier to measure in a standardized way.
I am just sadden by what the children are losing out on.
Kathy
-----Original Message-----
From: Brenda White-Keller <[email protected]>
To: mosaic <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon, Dec 26, 2011 2:52 pm
Subject: [MOSAIC] summatives
My district mandates a formative (district made with teacher input)
every 3-4 weeks, and a summative or trimester test before report
cards. We use a program called "Measures" that allows you to see how
your class performed overall and by
individual standards. I feel like we test, test, test, test. The
district also
pulls the trimester scores and compares schools. Unfortunately they
are comparing EO schools to Title 1 schools and the latter don't fare
as well. Bah Humbug...for testing. Yes, the info drives the curr.
but I feel we are cheating
the students in so many ways. I just don't agree to teaching to the
test. Probably didn't answer your question, but it felt good to
share.
Brenda
CA/4
_______________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________
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
