Spring is such a wonderful time of the year and today is no exception! It was so beautiful with the warm weather, birds chirping, bees buzzing, and flowers blooming.
-Even though Spring is such an amazing time, many teachers in Virginia begin dreading this time of year because of three little words: Standards of Learning, or what many people call SOLs. I believe that testing a child to see what type of progress that he/she is making in school is a great thing: it allows for a teacher to get a sense of where he/she is at and what he/she needs help on the most. However, I don't believe these tests should determine if the child should be set back grade level wise or determine how a teacher is performing.
Measuring performance is fine...I just think that there should be other factors such as taking a look at work done throughout the year by each student to see if he/she is learning the material.
-My soon to be sister in law Jessica has been wonderful 7th grade math teacher for two years and she has a lot of students in her class that are below where they are supposed to be academically. When it comes around to taking the SOLs, the Principal sees the scores from her class and blames the teacher (Jessica) for not doing her job properly. I don't believe that it's any ones fault and no one should be blamed...Teachers and students need to be working together--not against one another.
-On a much lighter note, Jessica's bridal shower is this Sunday :) and there are 81 more days until David and Jessica's wedding...I can't wait to finally have a sister! :)
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