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Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD
My main disagreement with the law is how the students are being tested, particularly with the middle/high school cohort. I teach Biology. The students are tested on Chemistry, Biology, Physical Science, and Envrionmental Science, for the most part. I am held responsbile for the student failing the entire test. He may have gotten all the questions correct in Biology, but because he didn't learn anything in Chemistry the year before, he failed that part, he didn't do so hot on the environmental science because its not a required class-not to mention the last time he had any teaching on envrionmental science was in 6th grade and hes now a junior in high school, and Physical Science he is supposed to remember from freshman year.
On a state level, for science, NJ is petetioning to allow the testing after the year of the test. I support this fully. So now, after taking Biology, the student will be tested on only Biology. This grade comes back to the teacher teaching the subject, not the unfortunate person who is held accountable for the previous 10 years of teaching.
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Are you in NJ? And you all count science towards NCLB goals?
Weirdly, in Georgia we only count high school English and Math for high school AYP. (All the school rhetoric is about all the content areas, but only Math and ELA count towards the official AYP.) And so far, I haven't heard about any teachers personally being held accountable for results since it's the graduation test, and theoretically it tests all the years through 11th when they take it for the first time.
What parts count toward a states measurement of AYP in your states, everyone?