OKay, I just needed to vent to people who knwo where I am coming from. Today I spent SIX hours in a tiny room with five students (combination of EBD & LD), and other than the reading portion READ the entire test. Two of the students completed every subtest way ahead of the group. I KNOW that neither read the questions, or worked out the problems. I repeatedly reinterated how important these scores were for everyone included themselves. How does the Federal governement hold ME accountable to the success or failure of these two students?
Our school board is trying to tie our salary increase directly to what these children do on this test! OMG, this is so frustrating. I feel I am giving 120% and being told, sorry, not good enough.
Then on top of it all, is the language regarding ‘highly qualified teachers’. I already have two licenses and a masters degree, and that isn’t good enough?
Sorry folks, just needed to do that. :(