tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post9169134968594303812..comments2024-01-15T15:23:15.700-05:00Comments on B-LoEdScene: Comply or Die. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-82442758415015648972013-01-17T18:44:24.501-05:002013-01-17T18:44:24.501-05:00I was in serviced last Friday and told that we as ...I was in serviced last Friday and told that we as teachers need to be "more rigorous" so we can keep up with the common corpse. I am not where this data driven sweeping generalization came from nor nor did I appreciate being told to let my below grade level readers sit there like turnips until I finish presenting the lessons even if the lessons stretch over several days. Once I have completed the lesson I am then free to "differentiate" for all of the kids with learning problems. The brainy theory here is that they need to be "exposed" to material they can't read and comprehend since their standardized tests will be unreadable and incomprehensible. Great logic from the think tankers who never spent an hour in a classroom. Do they want these kids not to get frustrated, bored, feel stupid and act out? Cause the way they told me to teach will guarantee all of the above. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-78676624894068606682013-01-16T17:33:36.564-05:002013-01-16T17:33:36.564-05:00So true.....pineapple hare.....thank you for telli...So true.....pineapple hare.....thank you for telling the way it really is...ugh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-12633249582618813422013-01-16T06:02:14.397-05:002013-01-16T06:02:14.397-05:00Based on today's BTF announcement, we have COM...Based on today's BTF announcement, we have COMPLIED and we will DIE. So will Hamburg and NYC. There is no "GOOD" APPR. The farce of simply tweaking some language in an APPR means nothing to teachers who will be demeaned by this plan. Pineapple Harenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-66052436971991469572013-01-15T22:52:04.118-05:002013-01-15T22:52:04.118-05:00Isn't it strange that ALL students take the sa...Isn't it strange that ALL students take the same ( grade level) exams? Why kids who can't read English take the exams in English, and their marks count!Why kids with IQ's below 75 take the same exams as kids way above that level take the same exams... and they count.<br /><br /> When I gave the Science Manipulative Tests, those kids had a good time playing with the water ( trying to weigh it in a basket balance...), ping pong balls really sailing off the table to the other side of the room... making shapes out of the wires. It was probably the most fun test they ever had to take....and their marks counted.<br /><br />Only ignorant fools would mandate that thousands of kids in these situations would have to take these tests at all. In one school, we had one fifth of the students in those two categories. I'm sure their scores had a huge effect on our "rankings". So much for the validity of the rankings. <br />Parents should be informed. Everyone should" OPT OUT".<br /><br />What did we "learn"? ...that those who made the rules in Albany or D.C. must have also had very low IQ's to ever come up with something so stupid. We already kne that those children would not do well on the tests.<br /><br />BUT...not so dumb if they made money on the testing, correcting, evaluation, data interpretation etc. from the fees charged for each student who took the invalid tests. What are the per-pupil costs of these useless activities, in money, in time wasted, in frustration and stress ? <br /> What a steep price the kids pay !<br />Peg -The "fed up with politician's" onenoreply@blogger.com