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If the government is SO serious about students who are behind getting extra help. Why don't they just require all students who don't pass the test to be required to attend school during the summer and I'm not talking about for a couple of weeks either. I am talking about two extra months of schooling.

If we are serious about these kids catching up them lets get serious about it. Summer vacations are not equal. Many of these kids who are behind in school actually get farther behind during the summer vacation. If we are lucky they only stagnat. Many unfortuanately actually LOSE ground. On the other hand their classmates, who read, watch Discovery channel and are enrolled in enrichment activities come back to school with more education than they left, further the gap. The other students do not sit around and wait for the students who are behind to catch up. Every trick we do in the classroom to give them the extra boost, to make it easier to learn is also doing the same for the k...See More
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Kim/AR/math On 8/06/08, Tessa- FL wrote: > > Kim, have you ever taught title 1? Try it sometime, you'll see > why testing a 4th grader on 4th grade material doesn't work.

I have never taught elementary school, but I do teach in a district that has title 1. Why do you say it doesn't work? Because the kids fail? If the student can not do 4th g...See More
Aug 8, 2008
Tessa- FL On 8/08/08, Kim/AR/math wrote:

> I have never taught elementary school, but I do teach in a > district that has title 1. Why do you say it doesn't work? Because > the kids fail? If the student can not do 4th grade work, and he > fails the test, then it seems to me the test does work. It is an > accurate reflection of the ch...See More
Aug 8, 2008
Kim/AR/math On 8/08/08, Tessa- FL wrote: ... The problem is that NCLB uses it to > punish the school as if it's the school's fault for not teaching them > (AYP, school grades, etc). Why are we blamed when kids come and go > year in and year out? Our population, and the poor choices they make, > is not our fault.

I agree that the schools a...See More
Aug 8, 2008
Tessa- FL On 8/08/08, Kim/AR/math wrote:

> > Alternative Learning Environment... Some schools use it for students who > can't control their behavior in a normal classroom setting, pregnant > students, students who are way below grade level, a GED class, etc > > >

Thanks for the definition. This seems to be the way to ...See More
Aug 8, 2008
OP We have the same situation. ALE doesn't begin until 8th grade and then we have to fight for every position we can get. (We share with 6 other schools.) The waiting list is very long.

This is also one of the reasons that I recommend having mandatory summerschool for students who don't pass the test. Automatically everyone in the program wil...See More
Aug 17, 2008


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