tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post419104833449832437..comments2023-10-03T11:28:42.397-04:00Comments on Badass Teachers Association Blog: BadassTeacher Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06249079678877556839noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-65068523152064656832014-03-16T15:43:08.476-04:002014-03-16T15:43:08.476-04:00This is horrifying. I have to add:
1. 2 straight ...This is horrifying. I have to add: <br />1. 2 straight weeks of Fountas and Pinnell leveling at the beginning of the year and again at the end (given individually to each child, takes 30-60 minutes for each)<br />2. district provided prewriting prompts for essay writing at the beginning of every marking period and post writing prompts at the end of every marking period<br />3. state's Model Curriculum tests (takes 2 days) after every 2-3 chapters in both math and language arts <br />4. Oh! And don't forget our new, fabulous SGO pre and post tests that are another few days in both math and language arts<br /><br />And they have the NERVE blame the teachers that the students are not learning?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775203884148559843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-59205899217201057212014-03-14T19:07:17.856-04:002014-03-14T19:07:17.856-04:00I think you have my exact class minus 1! I teach E...I think you have my exact class minus 1! I teach English language arts to 6th grade, we have benchmark, MAP and are piloting PARCC. We also started using Pearson success net and success net plus. Which I discovered besides the beginning, middle and end of the year testing & 10 benchmark tests, it provides a pre & post test on every skill! I flat out refuse to use them. The person program alone most of my colleagues and I stopped using, since it's new we haven't been required to but next year will be a different story.....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612649264944648782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-71740330584335997572014-03-14T09:34:23.393-04:002014-03-14T09:34:23.393-04:00You had it easy. I am an elementary specialist wh...You had it easy. I am an elementary specialist who didn't start teaching until almost three weeks after the beginning of the school year (due to beginning of the year assessments and practice standardized tests) and stopped teaching in early April to administer end of year tests full time (about 4 days of testing for grades 3-6 each, a week of Kindergarten assessments, a week or two of first and second grade reading assessments, two to three weeks of end of year assessments for students on my caseload in grades 1-6, and usually an additional week of either something to fulfill some federal mandate and/or a field test for a future standardized test. Once we even gave two days of testing for an administrator's research project, and for several years first graders had an additional week of assessment to fulfill a grant stipulation). And there were also about two weeks lost mid-year for mid-year practice standardized tests. All in all I only actually instructed the students that I was being paid to instruct for about 7 months out of the 9 month school year (on a good year). mnsecahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380504238485937160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-25268064155007226862014-03-14T01:06:10.521-04:002014-03-14T01:06:10.521-04:00Dear Bad Ass Special Ed Teacher, This is unfair to...Dear Bad Ass Special Ed Teacher, This is unfair to you and to your students. F the tests, especially PARCC!!!! Tomorrow is Pi day 3/14. Maybe talking about Pi/Pie will cheer you all up. I'm sorry this is happening. It can't go on like this, things will change. In the mean time, F the tests and take care of your students, do what you know is right for them. They need you and they trust you. Good luck and thank you. I am a sister and daughter of 2 great teachersSuziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342476253218387135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-73536332118345662272014-03-13T23:06:16.917-04:002014-03-13T23:06:16.917-04:00You know why. Curriculum based assessments inform ...You know why. Curriculum based assessments inform instructions and monitor progress. Criterion referenced tests is how we are supposed to measure standards- but why don't we use them? The best tests are not tests at all- they performance assessments or authentic assessments when I see how successful you were at performing the task or solving the problem in a real life situation.There is no money to be made on assessments you can make and administer and use to assess and inform your instruction. Nobody makes money on your teaching. Only on testing your teaching with standardized tests. Then selling your district materials to help you with your teaching to their tests which ironically usually includes a bunch more benchmark testing rather than teaching. Sorry- the rationale that testing rather than teaching children is supposed to help them makes no sense. But it does make money.Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07132195897201545933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-32821834446636553502014-03-13T22:24:58.996-04:002014-03-13T22:24:58.996-04:00Oh my gosh! When you break it down, it is so horr...Oh my gosh! When you break it down, it is so horrifying. Luckily i have a child in Special Ed. I was abel to have them put in his IEP no state testing, benchmark assessments for the test or any testing having to do with his teachers performance. My defense was his IEP trumps the state mandates and they have to follow that to show progress. He did not have to take any of the above but had to relay on the yearly portfolio and IEP goals. This got his teacher out of also having to teach to the test. Now if i could do that for my kids who do not have "special needs". Hang in there! im sure the parents of those kids appreciate all you are trying to do in the confines you have to work with.<br />qgirl65https://www.blogger.com/profile/00616178501914114308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-53920323569010736962014-03-13T22:23:13.327-04:002014-03-13T22:23:13.327-04:00Yep, this is the way it is in my district to. No ...Yep, this is the way it is in my district to. No matter how much we complain testing just goes on and on.From the core.......thoughts about life from a teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719630423366005895noreply@blogger.com