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Originally Posted by AGDee
Well, if one kid in your class had a really bad first grade teacher, wouldn't it follow that about 1/6th of your kids had the same teacher? If your district isn't blaming the individual teachers, I think you're lucky. The teachers I know, up here, are very much judged based on how their kids do on those tests even though the test is administered in October, when the teachers have only been teaching those particular kids for 5-6 weeks. It was really crazy in the elementary school, when teachers would approach you and ask you to request them for your child for the next grade because they knew your kid was a good student and, therefore, would make them look good. There were 3 teachers at our elementary who did that. I deliberately requested different teachers because of it. And no, NCLB doesn't say to punish the teachers whose kids don't do well, but sh*t always rolls downhill, as the saying goes. The blame all goes to the teachers when the district is in danger of losing its funding.
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But aren't the scores judged based on improvement from last year, and not so much whether or not they're actually at grade level? I mean, grade level is the goal, but I was under the impression that improvement and retention of improvement from year to year was what was actually being measured.
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