Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 01:31     Subject: Re:3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


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


Honestly, the kids should be tested before school and put into classrooms based on ability. Would save so much time and kids would be with similar peers. Less reading groups too. But I am sure wasting all of Sept, Jan and May on K assessments for a report card of P's is worth it.


Fewer.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 00:36     Subject: 3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:Was this county-wide? My 3rd grader came home complaining of a long "three hour" test (granted, it may have been 45 minutes) with "106 spelling words," a hot classroom and uncomfortable chairs and only one break. Great way to psych them up for the school year. !


You believe that your brand new third grader is accurately reporting the situation, except maybe the test time might have been 45 minutes? If my kid told me this I would know I'm missing a big part of the true story.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 22:40     Subject: 3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:I really don't like that my DD was given a test on the second day of school. She should have been coloring or organizing glue sticks. I'm outraged (and live in a W cluster). The first month of school should be getting used to be being back in class, not doing hard work. She had a very busy summer of camps and vacations. It's not fair.


OK. I'm the OP and you made me laugh at this one.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 21:33     Subject: Re:3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


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


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.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 21:33     Subject: Re:3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


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


Honestly, the kids should be tested before school and put into classrooms based on ability. Would save so much time and kids would be with similar peers. Less reading groups too. But I am sure wasting all of Sept, Jan and May on K assessments for a report card of P's is worth it.


You want to track kindergarteners based on ability? And without any assessments in kindergarten, let alone reassessments?

How about that.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 21:04     Subject: Re:3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


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


Honestly, the kids should be tested before school and put into classrooms based on ability. Would save so much time and kids would be with similar peers. Less reading groups too. But I am sure wasting all of Sept, Jan and May on K assessments for a report card of P's is worth it.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 19:52     Subject: 3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I really don't like that my DD was given a test on the second day of school. She should have been coloring or organizing glue sticks. I'm outraged (and live in a W cluster). The first month of school should be getting used to be being back in class, not doing hard work. She had a very busy summer of camps and vacations. It's not fair.


Wait. So you overscheduled your kid with strenuous camps, and now you want her to recover from her summer vacation at school.
lolololololoollooooollll
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 19:51     Subject: 3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:"But you haven't taught them anything yet!"

was my comment to DD's 2nd grade teacher. She gave a math assessment the 2nd day of school. She had plans to include the grade for 1st marking period (they did not have a summer math packet)

The assessment was fine - but using it for a grade?
Any beginning of the year assessments are for baseline data. Not sure how she would use BOY data to grade a student.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 19:49     Subject: Re:3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote: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.


When do you think the kindergarten teachers should start assessing? The fourth day? The tenth day? The twenty-first day?
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 19:43     Subject: Re:3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
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.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 19:02     Subject: 3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I really don't like that my DD was given a test on the second day of school. She should have been coloring or organizing glue sticks. I'm outraged (and live in a W cluster). The first month of school should be getting used to be being back in class, not doing hard work. She had a very busy summer of camps and vacations. It's not fair.


Wait. So you overscheduled your kid with strenuous camps, and now you want her to recover from her summer vacation at school.


^^^^You win the award as the biggest idiot.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 18:32     Subject: 3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:Was this county-wide? My 3rd grader came home complaining of a long "three hour" test (granted, it may have been 45 minutes) with "106 spelling words," a hot classroom and uncomfortable chairs and only one break. Great way to psych them up for the school year. !



Just asked my third-grade DD. She told me she was told that it's for spelling group placement. She said the teacher read words And the kids had to write them down on a paper.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 18:27     Subject: 3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I really don't like that my DD was given a test on the second day of school. She should have been coloring or organizing glue sticks. I'm outraged (and live in a W cluster). The first month of school should be getting used to be being back in class, not doing hard work. She had a very busy summer of camps and vacations. It's not fair.


Wait. So you overscheduled your kid with strenuous camps, and now you want her to recover from her summer vacation at school.


No, you are responding to satire. (I am not the PP you are responding to.)
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 18:27     Subject: 3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
She's obviously being sarcastic, folks.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2015 18:21     Subject: 3rd Grade Assessments on second day of school???
Anonymous wrote:I really don't like that my DD was given a test on the second day of school. She should have been coloring or organizing glue sticks. I'm outraged (and live in a W cluster). The first month of school should be getting used to be being back in class, not doing hard work. She had a very busy summer of camps and vacations. It's not fair.


Wait. So you overscheduled your kid with strenuous camps, and now you want her to recover from her summer vacation at school.