tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post2990158707094203265..comments2023-07-20T03:10:07.458-05:00Comments on Bluebird's Classroom: This Time It CountsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-8940588125781494812012-04-28T16:16:34.670-05:002012-04-28T16:16:34.670-05:00We have had absolutely no parents in our building ...We have had absolutely no parents in our building refusing to let their kids take their tests. Even the home school kids in our zone were there, and one of my students who is homebound with kidney disease was there. I think it may stem from several factors. One, they are all used to the high school kids taking end of course tests that count, I believe, towards 25% or more of their grade. So having tests that count is no big deal. It may also stem from the fact that all this was put into place with the new teacher evaluation system that was used to win the Race for the Top funds - and if their kids' test scores count towards 50% of a teacher's evaluation (yes, you read that correctly, 50%) then the kids probably need a stake in it as well. Not a peep in the media, or the parents (once you explain it).Mrs. Bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283080212189118357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-10049293473165483572012-04-28T09:07:56.191-05:002012-04-28T09:07:56.191-05:00We finished up yesterday, but one of the schools i...We finished up yesterday, but one of the schools in our district lost power in the big storms Thursday morning. The kids were sent home, and their TCAPs have to be finished up on Monday. So, so glad to be done and heading into the last crazy three and half weeks! Now, we wait to see if they get those babies scored and back to us in time....TeacherFromTNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915549865434643334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-30059195003183201692012-04-27T00:41:27.842-05:002012-04-27T00:41:27.842-05:00Have you had any parents refusing to let their kid...Have you had any parents refusing to let their kids take the test? Now they would be my heroes. I'm beginning to sense a backlash which can only be described as a good thing.jwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848946240656789799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-76174095990629813762012-04-26T05:09:42.129-05:002012-04-26T05:09:42.129-05:00In Texas the test is pass fail in 5th grade. If yo...In Texas the test is pass fail in 5th grade. If you don't pass the reading and math sections you don't pass 5th grade. This year the kids get a break - new test STAAR so they aren't retaining kids based on it this year. <br /><br />What if the parent opts the student out? We are starting to see a groundswell of teacher support/anti test opinion. In some areas parents are sending letters opting their student out of the test for ethic/religious reasons. (same law that they can use to opt out of a novel they don't like or Sex ed). <br /><br />I know that in the uppper grades their test is counting in some cases on their grade. The legislature did not make a provision for what to do about the grade if the parents opt out, so districts that are having this happen are scrambling.kherberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03282935413300573346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-48594071602506073902012-04-25T23:30:16.524-05:002012-04-25T23:30:16.524-05:00In the words of Napoleon Dynamite:
LUCKY!!!In the words of Napoleon Dynamite:<br /><br />LUCKY!!!W.R. Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908482384887766964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-84914116206825209882012-04-25T21:46:29.701-05:002012-04-25T21:46:29.701-05:00I am stunned by this. Whose brilliant idea was th...I am stunned by this. Whose brilliant idea was that?!ChiTown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240876368610100419noreply@blogger.com