tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post2469934641211819297..comments2023-09-27T02:48:37.863-05:00Comments on <b>BookMoot</b>: It's TAKS time in TexasCamillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-38332330656140993402010-05-03T16:54:03.546-05:002010-05-03T16:54:03.546-05:00Ah, 4th grade TAKS writing ... so important that N...Ah, 4th grade TAKS writing ... so important that NO other test of any kind is scheduled for that day.Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-10678516250214055002010-05-03T15:59:42.423-05:002010-05-03T15:59:42.423-05:00I took my fifth graders for a "Science Walk&q...I took my fifth graders for a "Science Walk" one early spring day to get them out of the classroom. (They were driving me nuts, to be honest.) They had bags and firm instructions and were doing really well keeping their voices low. Well, a fourth grade teacher comes running out, waving her arms and yelling at me like a banshee. "Quiet...my students can't hear your class out here...they are taking the writing test!!!" Those poor kids... standardized testing is ONE useful form of assessment for children. The importance placed on them has reduced impressive, smart teachers to ranting lunatics. Texas needs to TAK time to get perspective.lillibethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871937721241843030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-91566288495432871672010-04-30T04:26:39.293-05:002010-04-30T04:26:39.293-05:00One year, after the Reading Assessment, students w...One year, after the Reading Assessment, students were not allowed to bring books into the testing area because they might somehow LEARN something that would give them an advantage on the test, or at the very least throw suspicion on the teacher. Insane. I loved Sonnenblick's take on testing in <i>After Ever After</i>. Authors, how about a book where every principal in the country goes out and sets fire to the testing booklets in the parking lots. Sigh.Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-41839676495581905842010-04-29T15:10:04.485-05:002010-04-29T15:10:04.485-05:00Tanita: lol
Jennifer: Brilliant!
Michael is righ...Tanita: lol <br />Jennifer: Brilliant!<br />Michael is right. It is equal opportunity misery.<br />Diandra: Were you a fourth gr. teacher?Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-55095363744441371062010-04-29T10:43:23.445-05:002010-04-29T10:43:23.445-05:00In Indiana it is ISTEP. Same story though. They ...In Indiana it is ISTEP. Same story though. They used to do these in the fall, which always made me think of the line from Willy Wonka in which the teacher tells the class that he has "just decided that the test we normally take on Friday, over what we've learned during the week, will now take place on Monday before we've learned it."Jennifer Morian Fryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331899710605393958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-23033649916834276732010-04-29T03:22:17.580-05:002010-04-29T03:22:17.580-05:00Poor kids. I feel sorry for everyone who has to co...Poor kids. I feel sorry for everyone who has to contend with this: teachers, students, adminstrators and parents.Michael Spradlinhttp://www.michaelspradlin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-44070608240248812012010-04-28T12:17:38.975-05:002010-04-28T12:17:38.975-05:00UGH. The weight of silence that would take place e...UGH. The weight of silence that would take place every February and April in my classroom was like a small death to me every year. I hate-hate-hate TAKS. <br /><br />Thanks for sardonic post. ;)Diandra Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15740077585302992134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-7158117734074383362010-04-28T06:38:53.401-05:002010-04-28T06:38:53.401-05:00This is both hilarious and awful. Been there, done...This is both hilarious and awful. Been there, done that, have the T-shirt, which, incidentally says, <i>SHHHHHH!</i><br /><br />Poor kids.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com