Cheating on state tests is rampant especially in New York state. Teaching to the test is another problem. We need to change the whole system. We need to teach the child and forget about the test at least for a while
Teaching to the state tests is definitely a problem. Most people don’t realize that the state tests are geared to where the lowest performing student can pass. Educators are dictated to as to what to teach in their classroom as well as how the curriculum gets taught and how fast the information is taught. It’s truly crazy and I don’t know how the elementary teachers can stand this.
Some things drive you nuts!!! I had a first grader one time who had gotten a new puppy. We talked about his new puppy for a few minutes in class….the few minutes the principal happened to stop by. Later the principal told me it was wasting classroom time to have that talk. 🥺 After that, I just made sure my door was closed most of the time. 🤭
Yeah, cause how dare you try to have repertoire with your students 🙄. After a while, I just went with my gut and quit worrying about admin. My students would come back after they graduated and tell me how valuable the content they learned in my classroom was to them. That’s all I needed.
Cheating on state tests is rampant especially in New York state. Teaching to the test is another problem. We need to change the whole system. We need to teach the child and forget about the test at least for a while
Teaching to the state tests is definitely a problem. Most people don’t realize that the state tests are geared to where the lowest performing student can pass. Educators are dictated to as to what to teach in their classroom as well as how the curriculum gets taught and how fast the information is taught. It’s truly crazy and I don’t know how the elementary teachers can stand this.
Some things drive you nuts!!! I had a first grader one time who had gotten a new puppy. We talked about his new puppy for a few minutes in class….the few minutes the principal happened to stop by. Later the principal told me it was wasting classroom time to have that talk. 🥺 After that, I just made sure my door was closed most of the time. 🤭
Yeah, cause how dare you try to have repertoire with your students 🙄. After a while, I just went with my gut and quit worrying about admin. My students would come back after they graduated and tell me how valuable the content they learned in my classroom was to them. That’s all I needed.
I did too. I had a few middle school kids come back, and one after college if you can believe it. But few come back to see a primary teacher. Cheers!
Sounds good at first. I understand about study for test.