Anonymous wrote:Was another thread on DCUM last week or week before about more teachers giving short tests/few questions. Some who said they were teachers said was because they are required to give extra time to certain 504/IEP students and so if give short test that takes only 30 minutes, then allows time for other kids to take the 60-90 that they are allowed by their plans. If give longer tests like 60 minutes and more questions, then would need to find 120-180 minutes for the 504/IEP plan students and said becomes impossible. It does set up scenario where if miss 1 problem get a C.

Anonymous wrote:The summatives are awful. Only 4-5 questions and it’s a huge percentage of your grade. There are only 2 summatives a quarter. These are not all easy questions, so the poor kids are always caught up in doing retakes. The tests are not designed appropriately.

Anonymous wrote:The summatives are awful. Only 4-5 questions and it’s a huge percentage of your grade. There are only 2 summatives a quarter. These are not all easy questions, so the poor kids are always caught up in doing retakes. The tests are not designed appropriately.

Anonymous wrote:I agree, OP. Also the tests are so short! 5 questions multiple choice math test, no partial credit, no showing your work.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't send your kids to universities in the rest of the world. Their grade is usually just a midterm and a final. That's it. And no retakes.

But the midterm is not 4 multiple choice questions

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Anonymous wrote:Don't send your kids to universities in the rest of the world. Their grade is usually just a midterm and a final. That's it. And no retakes.

But the midterm is not 4 multiple choice questions

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I agree. The tests accounting for 70% of the grade is insane. My child is so stressed out because she has 100% in everything and then the entire class just bombed a test (like the ENTIRE class), so now they all have Bs, just like that.

Anonymous wrote:Don't send your kids to universities in the rest of the world. Their grade is usually just a midterm and a final. That's it. And no retakes.

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Anonymous wrote:I was an elementary teacher when teachers had freedom to teach.
It sounds like everything is scripted and controlled now so that everyone gets exactly the same instruction.

I taught first grade for years. Each class was different. There were different learning styles and different levels of achievement. I did not teach exactly the same thing in exactly the same way from year to year.

My goals and objectives were the same, but the kids were different. Sometimes, I needed to repeat a lesson or two. Some kids moved fast and some kids moved slower. So, I adapted lessons to them. I also shifted kids around as needed and as they progressed. Some kids went in spurts. Some were slow and steady. And, occasionally, some plateaued for a while. I was able to adjust and push and pull as needed.

Are teachers no longer able to do this?

According to my middle schooler, the teachers don't teach. They show a video or possibly some power point slides for 5 minutes or less. Then the kids have worksheets to work on. If there is something that the kids don't understand while working on their work sheets they can ask a question and the teacher will explain ( teach) . I encourage my kid to ask a lot of questions. This is for honors level MS courses.

Anonymous wrote:Was another thread on DCUM last week or week before about more teachers giving short tests/few questions. Some who said they were teachers said was because they are required to give extra time to certain 504/IEP students and so if give short test that takes only 30 minutes, then allows time for other kids to take the 60-90 that they are allowed by their plans. If give longer tests like 60 minutes and more questions, then would need to find 120-180 minutes for the 504/IEP plan students and said becomes impossible. It does set up scenario where if miss 1 problem get a C.