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No Child Left Behind
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Did you all see this? President Obama announced a list of states that are "freed" from NCLB and GA is on the list.
https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46323704/ns/politics/#.TzPYQk6m_NU
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Re: No Child Left Behind
They talked about it a little bit on wsbtv this morning. Any teachers or anyone in general know how this will effect the public schools here?
I teach 8th grade. We haven't heard from our district yet exactly how we will be affected. But, I think it's for the good. We spend so much time preparing and talking about CRCT with the kids.... especially in the 8th grade since they have to pass it to be promoted. It's a lot of stress, on the teachers and the kids. We have to do a lot more testing throughout the school year as well (which takes away from class time) to gather and look at data to help the kids pass this ONE test.
I believe teachers should be accountable. I don't believe NCLB is the way to do it. There are so many things affecting a student's performance on a standardized test that cannot be controlled by the school or the teachers.
One additional thing: One of the ways that a school's AYP is determined is whether or not the test scores improved from year to year. So they'll set a goal for # of students passing the test that is a bit higher than last year's pass rate. So they compare the scores of this year's 8th graders to last year's 8th graders -- which doesn't really show improvement at all. It's a different group of kids, wouldn't it make more sense to test them at the beginning of the year and the end to see what they've learned as opposed to expecting gains from a different group? There are a lot of problems with the way AYP is determined, that one always sticks out to me. I'll come back and post more later when I think of more.