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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ever feel like our kids are just lab rats?  Universal screened (iReady), eCART, SOL, DRA, ... when do teachers get to teach and extend learning units?  If a particular class is excited about frogs, it would be great if a teacher could capitalize on that and create extensions that engage the students further in multiple disciplines (e.g., math, reading, science, etc.).  Instead, they're always having to stick to a pre-programmed regimine lest the testing schedule for some big data educational entity be thrown off.  Or at least, it feels that way.  I like analyzing data, and I understand benchmarks provide useful info, but there seems to be so much in addition to classroom tests, that the testing seems excessive.[/quote]

This is why people send their kids to private school. [/quote]

Whatever. My friends who have kids in private have homework every night and several tests every week. Some private schools have no tests, but a lot of them do. FCPS is far from being standardized.

Sounds like some of these tests are just being replaced by I-ready. Are ecart quarterly tests still being taken or just the I-ready tests?[/quote]

FCPS requires one eCart test. It has been that way for years. I don't know if it has been dropped for this year. [/quote]

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