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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Punishment for short essays on AIMS test...
Oh yeah? 4th graders on the WASL have to fill out something like 3 or 4 hand written pages worth of essay based on a two line prompt in the form of You are or walk by a XXXXXXXX or YYYYY happens. Write 4 pages about what happens next. Any comments on how fair a question like that is? -----Original Message----- From: arn-l-owner@interversity.org [mailto:arn-l-owner@interversity.org]On Behalf Of Sue Allison Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 5:53 AM To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@interversity.net Subject: [arn-l] Punishment for short essays on AIMS test... Too short essay gets boy in trouble Punishment tied to his AIMS test Katy Scott The Arizona Republic May. 8, 2003 12:00 AM A fifth-grade teacher punished four pupils last week because they didn't write a long-enough essay on their AIMS tests, the father of one of the students said. Joseph Estrada, 11, and three of his Cheyenne Elementary School classmates weren't allowed to watch a movie or play outside late last week after they turned in short essays on the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards test, Daniel Estrada said. He said that, as far as he knows, Joseph wasn't being disruptive. According to a letter Joseph's teacher sent to Estrada, the boy handed in a two-paragraph essay, rather than a five-paragraph essay, because he couldn't think of anything else to write. The letter said
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