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The Best Case Scenario


The best case scenario is not that everyone passes the test.  It's that everyone learns what they need to learn.

After almost eight years in a classroom, I'm convinced that these two can be very different things.

I can help kids understand the craft of writing, or I can help them figure out how to do better on a multiple choice writing test.  I'm not sure I can do both simultaneously.  But with time constraints and pressure looming, I'm going to have to find a way.

I wonder if the company who makes the test can send sell me some materials to help my students pass?

These words from a teammate's email sum it up nicely:
I cringe and struggle with what I know is best, and what I know is expected.  What a serious conundrum.
January 18, 2012   at  5:31 AM
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  1. Chris NorkunJanuary 18, 2012 at 5:55 PM

    I, too, know what it feels like to have my students measured by a 2-hour, on-screen, multiple choice standardized test (say in Rosie Perez "White Men Can't Jump" voice).

    All we can do is keep grinding and fight for creativity in our respective classrooms.

    Fight the power!

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  2. Justin StortzJanuary 18, 2012 at 6:14 PM

    Thanks, Chris! Unfortunately, I feel like it is a fight at times. But a good fight. And one definitely worth fighting.

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