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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh.  What are these teachers doing?  [b]If for each and every test, the mean hovers at 50% all year long, doesn't it indicate that the test is out of alignment with the instruction?[/b]  In College, they curve.  Here, the teacher allows correction, but the max when one gets 50% is 75%.  [/quote]
No. It means students are not performing to the level of standard for the class. This year’s juniors in particular seem to be significantly lacking in study skills. They had a virtual 9th grade where they were passive observers of instruction, and an easy 10th grade with overly flexible deadlines, retakes, and grading. They have arrived in 11th grade with an overinflated idea of their natural abilities, and when faced with difficulty have no idea they should do something about it. Many aren’t even doing classwork during class time (they do work for other classes), don’t complete basic homework like reading a textbook, and certainly don’t know how to review for a test. I don’t teach APES specifically, but I get an earful about it from that teacher. They are very experienced and usually have students earning great scores, but this year is just not coming together for kids.[/quote]

How are they addressing the study skill deficit?[/quote]

The schools cannot cure all problems. Kids have to learn to step up.
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So nothing?[/quote]

High schools have moved on from the pandemic, and are not trying to help make up study skills deficits.  In fact, the only place I've seen any kind of deficit addressed is in Alg II, and that was because the students literally had not received the original instruction during online Alg. I, and the teacher could not move on without backtracking.[/quote]

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