Tuesday, April 8, 2008
AN AWARD FOR IMPERFECT ATTENDANCE?
I've spent the past couple of days at home with my third grade daughter who hasn't been feeling well. Normally, I would have sent her off to school this morning, but it is standardized testing week at her school. It seems that is a student gets sick part way through a section and can't complete it, they fail that section. This may not seem like a huge deal when the test is not part of the grading process for the student, but one must remember that it is really a test for the school and if a student doesn't fininsh a section, the school gets "dinged." Given such, students who are not feeling 100% this week are encouraged to stay home. Students who otherwise would be told to "tough it out" are now told to go home and their parents are called to pick them up. I find it strange that a school winds up discouraging students from attending classes. I do not think this is what "No child left behind" was intended to do.
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It is sad that our schools funding is tied to these ridiculous tests. All they prove is that a student can take a standardized exam. It doesn't help them when they can't even find our country on a map.
i know your daughter can..because she is awesome and so are her parents!
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