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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see serious problems in the testing mentality (which weakens the curriculum). If you want more specifics, do some research. We are giving it one more year and hope that things turn around at DCPS.   [/quote]

We too are giving dcps one more year and then leaving public altogether. Mostly, my wife and I fear the damage all this testing is doing to learning. Also, seems like too much going on this year. But that could just be because I am on the outside looking in. I was able to sit in at a few lsat and hsa meetings this year and I kept getting confused over all the goals and initiatives coming down the pipe, both from the district and inside the school. Would love to hear from some of our teachers about how they feel about all these new changes. Are they feeling overwhelmed at all? Do they need our support? I am curious what the person a few posts ago meant about chaos in the halls? The only thing I noticed in the halls was while picking up my DD for an doc appt. I noticed a teacher individually working with one chid in the hallway. She must have been gathering some kind of reading info, I suppose. But when I dropped my DD back off from the appt, (2 hours laster) the teacher was still outside, this time with some other child. Does this happen often? I know it's important I guess to know where your students fall in say reading and math, but I am concerned with how much time my DD is spending with lesser-trained or non-trained teachers while the main teachers do this individual hallway work. How often do they do this? Does anyone know? Over time, even if it's done twice a year, that's a whole lot of time with a substitute. We keep getting these vague reassurances from administration about not teaching to the test. My personal feeling is that teachers cannot help but to teach to the test, their jobs depend on it from what I've read. just google 'impact' and dcps and you'll see that a huge percent (more than 40 think) of their evaluation depends on these tests. Of course none of this is of any fault of the principal, it's a downtown thing. But hearing him at the 4th grade parent meeting a few nights ago made me feel he too was somewhat supportive of these tests. Can we parents do something about all this testing? I would really like to see more overall focus on increasing face to face time with our excellent qualified teachers. [/quote]

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