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So the MEd isn't part of the teacher academy? What school are you attending, if you don't mind my asking.
If I'm remembering correctly, the OP is going to a Walden school, which is an on-line for profit school. I could be wrong, but I thought that's what she said. Walden University
If I'm remembering correctly, the OP is going to a Walden school, which is an on-line for profit school. I could be wrong, but I thought that's what she said. Walden University
No, I teach at a federally funded pre k that have the same state funding as the public school. It is just that Pre K is located in a daycare.
You have a chronic problem with subject verb agreement. This is beyond the scope of typos, and occurs in most of your posts. The above sentence is an example. You have a singular noun, "a federally funded pre k" and then a plural verb "have". They do not "agree" and this is a grammatical error, and appears to be your most common one.
It is an unfortunate reality of the world that people are judged to a large degree based on how they communicate. It is not my rule, I do not even particularly agree with it, but it is important for you to realize that your written English makes you appear less educated and intelligent than someone who does not regularly make these kinds of errors. It is in your best interest to work on this skill. You may have quite a bit to contribute but you are always going to have people take you less seriously as a woman, and particularly a woman of color, and if you add this issue of poorly written communication, you are just doing yourself a disservice. Please spend some time on OWL Purdue or maybe grammar girl, and present yourself in a written venue in a way that reflects your educational attainment.
To the original question, I disagree with most standardized testing. Standardized testing, whether intentional or not, leads to "teaching to the test." Which means those parts of knowledge that don't fit well into the standardized format get overlooked.
To the original question, I disagree with most standardized testing. Standardized testing, whether intentional or not, leads to "teaching to the test." Which means those parts of knowledge that don't fit well into the standardized format get overlooked.
I agree. I hear k-12 teachers complain about "teaching to the test" a lot.
I am sorry that your unable to read standard English. None of my writing is lacking punctuation or have grammatical errors in this post.
Secondly I would also like to argue that my father and mother are both educators and taught me fundamental academics before any form of schooling. I was also placed in preschool in my area. I never was at home with grandma. You really have this concept backwards. Studies have shown that many young black children are attending federally funded programs in high numbers. Many of these federally funded programs, especially headstart really produces any early educational attainment. The days of "sitting with grandma" I long gone. Children are now practically being raised by preschools that stay open early mornings to midnight.
Thirdly, I was two math courses. Remedial math and advanced level math. My school district was divided by race. I am in the rural south.
Someone's probably addressed this by now, but I can't tell from your post (esp. the bolded parts) if you are saying black children are doing better in regards to closing the education gap thanks to preschool, or if because of preschool they are continuing to lag behind? Also, are you saying you were in both remedial math and advanced math? Why weren't more black kids in advanced math? Why do think the cultural differences are that stark? Even with cultural biases in standardized tests, math in particular shouldn't be as affected by that phenomenon if kids are being taught the math standards. What am I missing?
I just found out that the testing used for PreK children was not standardized, but an assessment given by the state of Florida for the allocation of funding for PreK programs. The assessment scores from public schools were significantly lower than the assessment scores from students that were taught PreK standards in early childhood facilities.
One key issue to higher scores on assessment for pre k children in early childhood facilities were classroom sizes.
I was told that the PreK classrooms at public schools in my local area are suffering from classroom overcrowding and young uneducated teachers.
I got this info from a previous assistant principal
The correct sentence structure would be: At the elementary school, we are zoned for the month of August, April, and May. Those 3 months are largely consumed by taking standadrized tests.
Remember that sentences that start with preposition words must be separated with a comma. Your paragraph also had run ons. You have to properly separate your words using commas.
I couldn't follow this poorly typed paragraph. I decided to proofread it for you.
Oh my, no!
The original poster's sentence structure was FAR better. You changed the entire meaning of her post!
This shouldn't be that hard...OP, I recommend a great little grammar book called Eats, Shoots, and Leaves. It's very "user-friendly", and enjoyable to read.
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