Sorry, Brenda, I didn't see your last email before I wrote mine in response
to the previous comment. I am shocked by the formal testing that you are
mandated to do and I appreciate how it would be impossible to "follow your
own heart" with those rigid expectations.
Julia
-----Original Message-----
From: kea...@aol.com
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 9:29 PM
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
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 <brenda...@sbcglobal.net>
To: mosaic <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>
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
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