Two trains of thought colliding within me this week after reviewing the week 5 discussion board:
1) Advancing students too early? I wonder if this will run its course in just a year or two. It will be about that amount of time before our first cohort class are juniors in high school, realizing that they have all of the credits needed to graduate. Why should they stay for a senior year? What will the school district think of this mass exodus? Will we then go back to being more discriminating in our selection process for honors and advanced placement classes?
2) Using test scores as a predictor for future test scores? Our students have taken MAP two or three times a year for so long, that I fear that they don't really take it seriously. As a whole, I think they are just rushing through the test. While I don't want any of my students to suffer from test anxiety, I do wish I could see more effort. BUT, this leads me to question - Are we over-testing our students?
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