#academic testing

[theworldoffostering]

Full day of testing for H today. Really hoping this gives us some answers in terms of academics. Dyslexia? Dysgraphia? ADHD? None of the above?

While waiting, I read through E’s IEP and made changes, then read through Ms. 6’s IEP and made changes to that which I then emailed to the district. School starts next week for some of the kids. DH starts this week. I started last week. Some kids start after Labor Day. It already feels like a lot.

[bitterwaters]

I just saw the writing scores for a fifth grade class of fifty-three students. It's a new test by Houghton-Mifflin, and the scores came back quickly because Oklahoma slapped a lawsuit on them last year. Maybe too quickly.

Forty-three students have completely identical scores. Not just overall scores, but for each individual element/skill. That is impossible. You cannot have forty-three people of varying writing ability in two classrooms end up with the same score across every subsection.

The worst part is that all of these students are listed as one point away from Satisfactory. All those kids who should legitimately have scored higher are being screwed, as their teachers, principal, and school. This could affects some student's grade level retention, school performance reports, and funding. 

Houghton-Mifflin has committed either negligence or fraud. Children are going to suffer for it.