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The next of my to-be-abandoned blogs
One of the shortcomings of the data-driven reform movement is its reliance upon standardized test data to draw meaningful inferences about darn near everything: teacher quality, school quality, student quality, school district quality. Comparisons are invariably made between the high and low performers. The usual chorus of “apples to oranges” drifts into the night sky. …
read more »When you enter TFA, you start talking about the Big Goal. This is some quantitative measure which, if achieved, should ostensibly mean that your students are on a Transformational Path. I taught for one year prior to joining TFA. I absorbed my school’s low ranking, determined this year to pull us out of the doldrums. …
read more »Whether or not you teach Special Education, you will have to teach students who get special education services. While SpEd teachers and case managers can be of great services in navigating the how-to’s of accommodations, the best person to talk to is the Licensed Specialist in School Psychology, heretofore known as the LSSP(1). I’m not…
read more »Spinning off my post about coteaching, I would like to take a look at modifications and their greater implications for students in Texas. One of the instructional options afforded to students with IEP’s is the ability to have their work modified. Specifically, this is altering the grade-level standards so that they are addressing lower-level, prerequisite skills. …
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