For those of you who either do not have kids in school, or your kids have not said a word, the STAAR Exams occur all over the State of Texas for the next 3 weeks.
-April 5-17
Grades 3-8 Reading Language Arts
English I
English II
-April 13-24
Grade 5 Science
Grade 8 Science
Grade 8 Social Studies
Biology
US History
-April 20-May1
Grades 3-8 Math
Algebra I
After the last year's scores, you can rest assure the pressure is on the teachers who teach these subjects, and really on the administration, especially after the "Letter Grade" the school district received from the state.
Not really a testing fan and always with these exams, follow the money.....I also question some of the accuracy. I know I found a discrepancy on the old World History state exam, concerning Chinese History, checked with my China expert and she told me that 3 of the answers were correct. And of course on the test, there was only one correct answer.
And of course, as I have written about previously, I almost called it a career and retired rather than have to deal with the testing.
I hope the kids do well. I really do for their sakes.
That said, I wonder if the kids actually learned anything, other than how to take a test in many of the courses?
I am interested to see if the district letter grade improves..... I wonder how much panic there is in the administration?
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