Every year millions of children all around the United States take standardized tests that determine lots of crazy things: which children will advance to the next grade, class placements, if a school will continue be in good standing, federal and state funding, teacher reputation, where people buy houses- you get the idea. In Chicago, Illinois we take the ISAT. We prepare for it all year and we go crazy trying to "teach to the test" (that is as high stakes as it gets) and also trying to actually teach.
Anyway, it is always nerve racking to wait until you see the test scores. Although a student or school year should not be minimized down to a single score on a standardized test, in my opinion; it can still be very validating or devastating based on what kind of scores "your kids (students)" earn.
Thus said . . . my kids did AWESOME! Highest math scores in the school and extremely high reading scores. Whew! We did it, 5th grade 2009!
Now let's get working for next year!
3 comments:
great job, sarah. an awesome accomplishment for sure. as stressful as those exams are, your prep has really helped those kids out. you should be proud.
You are the best!
They should give you a raise!
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