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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted about having to need a sub for my meeting yesterday. We talked about new quarterly writing assessments we now have to do. When the teachers asked the head of the district how this data will be use (we have to enter the score for each question by hand; no scantron), she said she didn't know. She said her higher ups told her we all had to do it. Okaaaaay. It took me probably 5-6 hours to enter this information for the first quarter. So instead of planning for my students, I am entering scores for no reason other than because we have to. Makes no sense. If it did make sense, my district wouldn't be interested.[/quote]

So this is how I would handle this. First, I would compare it to whatever I had been doing previously. I assume some sort of assessment on writing had already been going on. I would ask questions such as what it is for and how we will use it and ask that my supervisor request that information. I would calculate the additional time needed and determine whether it would save me time doing other tasks. Once I had that information I would actually do the task and monitor it over time. I would wait for the feedback on the questions I had. Then I would take initiative to request change based on my observations of my students and myself and my colleagues. I don't need to be in the teaching profession to know how to deal with an ineffective mandate.[/quote]

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