Reply #2: It sounds to me like this teacher [View All]

[LWolf]

is doing exactly what she's being pressured to do, and is afraid for her job. Students don't pay the price for test scores that do not continuously improve according to the applied formula. Districts do. Therefore admins do, and teachers do.

Of course, the kids pay the price, too. They pay it for much longer, and it's a high cost. They pay it by spending every day in a stress-filled environment with a narrowed curriculum and an atmosphere that is likely to create an intense negative reaction to school, and to the idea of learning.

Nothing is going to happen when their scores don't improve, or don't improve enough, unless they are attending one of the high schools that are tying test scores to graduation. That is on the increase, too.

It doesn't matter, though, that the sanctions are not applied directly. They pay the price anyway. We all do. :(