No child left to move ahead
Several years ago, when I taught Advanced Placement U.S. history, I had a student who grossly underperformed during the school year, yet somehow managed to score a 5 on the AP exam. When I asked him how he managed to accomplish this feat, he said, "I spent two weeks straight studying, reading, and reviewing, and that's all I needed." Full Story »
Posted by Kristin Gorski
When my daughter, who is quite verbal, was in elementary school, she inevitably did poorly on tests that required her to analyze words. Fortunately, her teachers knew her and didn't worry about her test performance. She stopped her education after a master's degree, plus some additional education courses. I wonder what would have happened to her if her educational "progress" had depended on passing those tests.