Submitted by Sue Fleming (not verified) on March 20, 2008 - 20:39.
Anthony,
In the district where I have worked for the past 11 years, our curriculum has changed dramatically. This has been because of a couple different reasons. The first was a change in our administration. We got a new Superintendent a few years ago who only cared about test scores, Then of course come NCLB. What is interesting is in my district; our old L.A. program did allow fun, and creativity. And our test score were about average. But the Superintendent didn't like average, he wanted above average, so we had to abandoned what we were doing and switch to a state approved program. We now have several schools with low-test scores. Maybe just memorizing facts is not enough.
I don't feel today's students are prepared to face the world. I feel like we are behind other countries, and high test scores are not to change that.
Test scores
Submitted by Sue Fleming (not verified) on March 20, 2008 - 20:39.
Anthony,
In the district where I have worked for the past 11 years, our curriculum has changed dramatically. This has been because of a couple different reasons. The first was a change in our administration. We got a new Superintendent a few years ago who only cared about test scores, Then of course come NCLB. What is interesting is in my district; our old L.A. program did allow fun, and creativity. And our test score were about average. But the Superintendent didn't like average, he wanted above average, so we had to abandoned what we were doing and switch to a state approved program. We now have several schools with low-test scores. Maybe just memorizing facts is not enough.
I don't feel today's students are prepared to face the world. I feel like we are behind other countries, and high test scores are not to change that.