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I Can’t Believe We’ve Come to This

So I’m sitting next to a student Thursday after school, and we’re going over some math questions. STAR testing for Math begins Monday, and this kid is doing his best to be ready. What a trooper! Ms. Ghareeb is smiling at this situation.  And the math isn’t easy, either. “One real estate agent charges 1.2% [...]

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My Favorite Book for Test-Stressed Kids.

So, testing begins on Monday at our school. The Administration is all geared up. Pencils are being sharpened. Teachers are either a frenzied whirlwind of comma-usage review, or are are completely spent. Oh yeah, and the kids might be  more than a little stressed.  This is a cute picture book I always wind up reading to [...]

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NCLB has given all of us negative self image

“Omigod! I would totally kill for her API!”   We had an interesting discussion at our faculty meeting yesterday morning: if we could have any intervention to raise student achievement, what could it be? “Raising student achievement?” This is Edu-code for test scores and everyone knows it. And I had an epiphany. I know a great [...]

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