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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: kappan - teachers divided on tests
In a message dated 11/15/2002 12:52:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, llon@ATTBI.COM writes: > that new teachers are, generally > speaking, less equipped to provide a course of study than experienced > teachers. > Who would deny that general observation? > > Does it deserve to be flamed? Good grief. > Well, I mean, um, I didn't really mean to "flame" it, but was just saying we should be particularly careful about generalizing youth and inexperience. Maybe I'm just more sensitive about the subject, having 4 older sisters and 2 older brothers. And maybe it's because I didn't read the whole article (shame on me) and maybe it's because I got a great email from a 7th grader yesterday, who seems to have grasped all the evils of high stakes testing in a simple statement about his mom saying that there is no use to WASL and it just makes slower kids feel dumb. Juanita -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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