tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post7719537128291783224..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: Students RefuseTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-34833832350889699872013-02-08T15:36:33.301-08:002013-02-08T15:36:33.301-08:00Teacher Tom, my name is Roanna Council. I am in ED...Teacher Tom, my name is Roanna Council. I am in EDM310 at The University of South Alabama to become a Secondary Math Education major. This class requires me to find blogs by teachers throughout the world and comment on them.<br /><br />I understand your frustration with this issue in the school in Seattle. Sadly, the idea of standardized testing is becoming impossible to escape. The new "thing" is high schools these days are EQTs. "End of the Quarter Tests" These tests are the same for every school in the county and force all students and teachers to be at a specific point in the textbook before they can succeed on the test. Basically, this means if a student falls behind, you just have to leave them so that the rest of the class might do well. And if all the students fail the first quarter's EQT, you don't get to go back and reteach it. You must just keep driving info that they don't understand down their throats so that maybe they will do better on the next quarter's EQT. Absolutely ridiculous!<br /><br />Also, you can visit my blog at councilroannaedm310.blogspot.comRoanna Councilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593797879595675092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-80519617907614146012013-02-07T08:06:05.731-08:002013-02-07T08:06:05.731-08:00This is thrilling! Thanks for writing about this. ...This is thrilling! Thanks for writing about this. I wouldn't have been aware otherwise. I'm proud of these people and I hope others will follow suit. Just amazing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com