tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post799547584088230199..comments2024-03-29T02:14:43.402-05:00Comments on NCTE Inbox Blog: Every Child is AverageNCTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13158338704096862694noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-63427001753707564812018-12-26T23:47:16.685-05:002018-12-26T23:47:16.685-05:00n the NCLB classroom, curriculum is structured to ...n the NCLB classroom, curriculum is structured to focus on helping the average student do well on a single win-or-lose test. The result is that the literacy skills that all students bring to the classroom can go unacknowledged and unsupported. The only literacy skills that matter are those that apply to the test. Really enjoy your blog and posts <a href="https://Event Tents Dubaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453186530356580896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-49403297062604988432007-08-21T18:41:00.000-05:002007-08-21T18:41:00.000-05:00Prof. Barbara S. ReallCommunity College of Rhode I...Prof. Barbara S. Reall<BR/>Community College of Rhode Island<BR/><BR/>To insure definitively that there is "No child left behind", we must always remind ourselves that we as teachers are very special people who use our creativity and our loving minds to insure successful development of our talents which will encourage students to think, dream, learn, and do. We must see every student as a uniqueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-51386210648060641992007-07-30T08:26:00.000-05:002007-07-30T08:26:00.000-05:00Accountability is not bad but we need to be sure t...Accountability is not bad but we need to be sure that is using an objective measure and the tests are criterian referenced with an arbitrary cut of for what proficient is. I n Ohio the cut score is not set until the see the raw data and then make sure that a similar percent of students who were proficient the year before do not suddenly appear to have gotten dumb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-79451231747900930272007-07-26T23:10:00.000-05:002007-07-26T23:10:00.000-05:00Your first one point about achievement being measu...Your first one point about achievement being measured locally suggests to me that the more effective way to influence our classrooms is by supporting these types of proposals on local levels instead of putting this in the hands of folks clearly so far removed from student learning.Phiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583396869574526437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-58021133257846652042007-07-25T13:38:00.000-05:002007-07-25T13:38:00.000-05:00And there is even more sinister circumstances hidd...And there is even more sinister circumstances hidden within the push for AYP on NCLB. It is the idea that everyone can be above average if only teachers are dooing their jobs ocrrectly. As a parent, I am dismayed at the lack of any curriculum other than that which will appear on the test. As a teacher, I am concerned that we are not standing up against this tide and shouting from whatever soap Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-70439883882416251512007-07-25T09:36:00.000-05:002007-07-25T09:36:00.000-05:00Amen!Every Spring I struggle with the outrage I fe...Amen!<BR/>Every Spring I struggle with the outrage I feel at the powers that be deciding who in my class is "adequate" or "above" or "below." I've watched students improve their reading by multiple grade levels in a matter of months, yet get the label of failure on the almighty TEST. I've wanted to apologize to more capable students in my classroom, because of the difficulty in actually H. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12183951124199848278noreply@blogger.com