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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At my school, the time window for kindergarten assessments opened on the first day of school and our principal said she expected the K teachers to begin testing no later than the 3rd day of school.  Oh yes.[/quote]

When do you think the kindergarten teachers should start assessing? The fourth day? The tenth day? The twenty-first day?[/quote]

I don't think that kindergarteners should have a substitute for days upon end beginning on the 3rd day of school so their teacher can spend days testing.  Call me crazy.[/quote]

Our K teachers use group reading time to assess each student - so last year it took 26 days three times a year to assess kids. Reading groups did not start until October.  Meanwhile the rest of the 25 are running around the class doing centers, which basically was free play.  The teacher stops multiple times with the assessment of one student to redirect kids, yell at them, go over and direct them to do something else, quiet down etc...

So I would take a substitute for a few days that had the focus on all the kids while the teacher assessed 5-7 kids a day - and get it over with .  In a heartbeat!!

I think assessing the kids three times a year for hours on end is a colossal waste of time for the kids and teachers.  If you see their work, see them in reading groups, a good teacher shouldn't have to sit down and assess them.  It is being shown daily. [/quote]

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