If teachers are expected to have a vision, then we need not to be limited to what the numbers say. Education is not exact. It is a living breathing complex field. Scores are only a part of the picture.
Okay. I understand that there is a Sc ience to Education. I get it that we are, or need to be "data driven." There are those in our field who look directly at the numbers, and then there are those of us who intuitively know that if we make the numbers the ulitmate goal, then the art of the job is lost. I expect my students to think, make critical decisions and go beyond the norm. Am I proud when they answer a 55 mulitple choice hour long test expertly? Sure. But I am more proud when I hear a break through..when they make a connection to a concept that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. By limiting our course offerings because the "numbers' haven't been achieved, we are moving backwards instead of forwards. Programs take time to grow. Minds take time to wrap around things.
If teachers are expected to have a vision, then we need not to be limited to what the numbers say. Education is not exact. It is a living breathing complex field. Scores are only a part of the picture.
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3/27/2011 10:12:29 am
AMEN!!!!!!!! You can't measure my students only by then numbers, and you can't build a culture of expectation without something to offer. Numbers (scores - because after all that's what we're really taking about: scores on various high-stakes tests)can't create connections, but research shows that connections can make numbers.
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