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I truly feel sad for the student (if you have any) who are in classes with teachers like you. By your email you are stereotyping students and parents into one category.  [b]A mom is a helicopter mom if she actually cares what happened on her daughter's exams.[/b]  I'm sure your attitude comes off well in the classroom and is inviting to your students for coming in for extra help and to ask questions.

Have you ever spoken to your child's teachers regarding her progress throughout the semester?  Have you spoken to them regarding the times she's been in for extra help?  Or is your demand to see her exams your first contact with them?  If it's the latter, then yes, you are acting like a helicopter parent.

My daughter has an IEP and learning disabilities.  Her testing can be inconsistent for a variety of reasons.  She is a child who spends more time than average studying.  She is a child that speaks up for her accommodations and makes routine appointments with teachers for extended time and extra curriculum explanation.  She just keeps tripping up over the longer assessments.  Her poor exams did not impact her overall grades because she was able to demonstrate better her skills and knowledge through the shorter quizzes and unit tests.  She is a pretty solid student when all the grades are calculated.

It is not her GPA or the overall class grades I have concerned with.  It is generalized test taking strategies at issue, a skill not in the curriculum nor is supported through instruction by her teachers.  It probably should be added as a goal with objectives for her special education team to teach her.  Not really in the training for most teachers, especially teachers who are unfamiliar with her unique set of disabilities.  Working with my daughter, talking with experts in the field of Special Education, as well as the advice she gets from her tutor, I am knowledgeable about my daughters strengths and weaknesses far better than most of her teachers.  Certain strategies are better for her than others when it comes to memorizing information and taking long tests.

Most jurisdictions across the US do not find the need to lock up unit tests and exams.  It sure wasn't done in MCPS till a few years ago.  Your argument re: not wanting to write new tests comes off as lazy and you truly should find a new profession if you are not interested in the complete loop of the education process.  Kids need the feedback from these assessments so they can learn from their mistakes and improve their test taking skills in the future.  I am sure if all your parents and all your students took the initiative to make appointments to see these tests, that requirement on your time is far greater than rewriting a test.[/quote]

Until you have written a complete unit exam, I wouldn't call teachers who don't have the time to re-create the wheel so YOU can have your very own copy lazy.  You obviously have no idea how much work goes into teaching nor do you have any idea how long it takes to write good tests.  Good thing most parents are not like you![/quote]

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