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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. I tell the kids that the point of the test it to make sure I'm doing a good job teaching them what they are supposed to know. So just relax and do your best.

I agree the PIA is poorly worded at times. 
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We all know little kids want to please adults. It's a lot to ask them [i]not[/i] to personalize something when they get notes home, PA announcements, and posters saying get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast focused only around testing days. Like these are the only days that matter.  :roll:

I have no problem teaching to a test so long as it's a [u]worthwhile[/u] test and teachers can use results to help kids. Testing at young ages for the sake of adults' bonuses and NCLB is a perverse incentive. Our WoTP school is now trying to sell parents on thinking it makes a difference if our kids go from proficient to advanced on the tests because of some arbitrary DCPS goals. But they haven't allocated resources to this. I swear they think educated and/or involved parents will jump through that hoop with private tutoring and at-home supplementing if we think it ups the odds of getting into an Ivy.  That would free up the school to focus on the kids who tested just on the border of proficient.

It would be tempting to keep a "subgroup" kid up all night before a test just so he could get a little more attention between PIAs and magically show improvement in his achievement by the end of the year.

Whatever happened to pop quizzes? In the olden days, a teacher would spring quickfire tests on us at the drop of a hat and send it home  that day. Red marks and all. I guess you'd call that an un-paced interim assessment.  :wink: [/quote]

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