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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]too much testing - the original claim

So they eliminated final exams.

As an educator, I worry about the emphasis on skills over content.  Social studies is now all about skills, as it's become another reading class.  I say this as an ELA teacher who PREFERS to teach concepts through author's style.  Students should be familiar with an author's body of work.  [b]But we are told that teaching excerpts is equally as effective.[/b]

What's the result?  Kids don't know how to study.  So when they hit the finals in college, where they are responsible for a semester's worth of CONTENT, they suffer.

We are NOW in a system that still offers final exams. My HS daughter has to study.  She has to memorize information before she applies it and eventually analyzes it.

MCPS is a hot mess. [/quote]

I can't believe that this is part of the curriculum - teaching excerpts instead of having kids read the entire book -- especially in English class. But, it's true. My DD read a number of excerpts, but was hardly ever required to read the entire book. What a waste.[/quote]

OMG. I did not understand what the pp meant by “excerpts.” Does this mean that in HS classes, kids read excerpts of works like “Frankenstein,” but not the full book? [/quote]

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