Sounds like school officials are all over the AYP problem. There will be big pressure to meet the standards next year. The district has for years done so well on AYP and other testing that this was a bit of a shocker, although apparently not to them.
I've long have mixed feelings about No Child Left Behind. On the one hand it has zeroed in on basic skills like math and reading that students were falling behind on. And it's mission to raise standards for all children, including those who have struggled in the past, is a noble.
But having a student in the system it is clear that testing does over take learning sometimes. There is SO much focus on math and reading that other subjects seem diminished. They also have much more homework at an early age than I can ever remember having.
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We teach to the test...how much history or science do most kids know at the end of elementary or middle school. It is also VERY unrealistic to think that in a few years 100% of the kids will meet standards...the expectations are unreal and forcing most of the teachers to want to find new professions...not because they are bad but because they can not meet the pressure forced on them by principals having the same pressure forced on them
Get real...100% of the kids mean we were perfect on our standards...nothing is perfect.
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