Comments on: NCLB - No Child Learns Bupkiss http://omegamom.com/2007/03/15/nclb-no-child-learns-bupkiss/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Tue, 22 May 2012 10:29:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: jenjenners http://omegamom.com/2007/03/15/nclb-no-child-learns-bupkiss/#comment-1608 jenjenners Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:13:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=488#comment-1608 *sob* *sniff* One comment--no bonuses here, we just have NO CHOICE but to teach to the test. If we don't pass, we're screwed, we're certainly not rewarded if we do pass... (for the rest of you, I'm currently a 2nd grade teacher, formerly a music teacher, but that rant will take up too much bandwidth!) We test quarterly (in a similar style to the 'big' state test) and at times even biweekly. We have to turn that data into admin, and if we don't, we get in trouble. If the scores don't go up, they add more tests. And that's not even the high-stakes state tests! I would never think that ANY of us do it 'enthusiastically'... It stresses the kids, and eats into our instruction time. If a teacher doesn't care about that, they're not much of a teacher... :( *sob* *sniff*

One comment–no bonuses here, we just have NO CHOICE but to teach to the test. If we don’t pass, we’re screwed, we’re certainly not rewarded if we do pass… (for the rest of you, I’m currently a 2nd grade teacher, formerly a music teacher, but that rant will take up too much bandwidth!)

We test quarterly (in a similar style to the ‘big’ state test) and at times even biweekly. We have to turn that data into admin, and if we don’t, we get in trouble. If the scores don’t go up, they add more tests. And that’s not even the high-stakes state tests!

I would never think that ANY of us do it ‘enthusiastically’… It stresses the kids, and eats into our instruction time. If a teacher doesn’t care about that, they’re not much of a teacher… :(

]]> By: Anonymous http://omegamom.com/2007/03/15/nclb-no-child-learns-bupkiss/#comment-1607 Anonymous Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:02:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=488#comment-1607 http://violeteclipse.blogspot.com/2007/03/no-dentist-left-behind.html Clever parody of No Child Left Behind as applied to.... Dentists. A bit more from the teachers' angle than parents', but still a good laugh, http://violeteclipse.blogspot.com/2007/03/no-dentist-left-behind.html

Clever parody of No Child Left Behind as applied to…. Dentists. A bit more from the teachers’ angle than parents’, but still a good laugh,

]]> By: Kate http://omegamom.com/2007/03/15/nclb-no-child-learns-bupkiss/#comment-1606 Kate Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:25:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=488#comment-1606 SBird--I've heard similar stories, about similar very good teachers who are getting out of the business because of NCLB pressures. Miss C.--Now, see, <B>that's</B> the way I'd do it. I wonder if magnet or charter schools approach it similarly? SBird–I’ve heard similar stories, about similar very good teachers who are getting out of the business because of NCLB pressures.

Miss C.–Now, see, that’s the way I’d do it. I wonder if magnet or charter schools approach it similarly?

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://omegamom.com/2007/03/15/nclb-no-child-learns-bupkiss/#comment-1605 Miss Cellania Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:32:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=488#comment-1605 There's a big different between public and private schools! The public school teachers hre don't like the test prep grind, but they will do it, enthusiastically, because they depend on the bonuses. At the parochial school, the teachers tell the kids the test is important, that they should have a good night's sleep and breakfast on test day, but thats about it. There’s a big different between public and private schools! The public school teachers hre don’t like the test prep grind, but they will do it, enthusiastically, because they depend on the bonuses. At the parochial school, the teachers tell the kids the test is important, that they should have a good night’s sleep and breakfast on test day, but thats about it.

]]> By: SBird http://omegamom.com/2007/03/15/nclb-no-child-learns-bupkiss/#comment-1604 SBird Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:26:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=488#comment-1604 My BIL teaches second grade. He rants about NCLB all the time--he used to do an annual Shakespeare play with his kids, where they used the real language, etc.--but now they are told they don't have time, what with studying for The Test. Needless to say, BIL is leaving the classroom--he went for his Ph.D. in Ed. so he can be an administrative type and try to change how curriculum decisions are driven. *Sad.* My BIL teaches second grade. He rants about NCLB all the time–he used to do an annual Shakespeare play with his kids, where they used the real language, etc.–but now they are told they don’t have time, what with studying for The Test.

Needless to say, BIL is leaving the classroom–he went for his Ph.D. in Ed. so he can be an administrative type and try to change how curriculum decisions are driven. *Sad.*

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