Look, chat boards are for voicing opinions and in some
cases stating a point or arguing your case. But the last
20-30 posts have NOT been useful or professional on any
level. We are all bigger and better than this. Deleting
a quiz. Lets face it. There are multiple ways to think
logically about that. Comparing it to drinking a driving
is a little dramatic, but you still make a premise about
proper decision making. No need to attack each other on
it. Lets have enough respect for fellow teachers to at
least respect their opinons.

Ima, you've posted here many times and I agree with a lot
of what you said over the years. But I do not agree with
everything. As for deleting a test. I do not agree you
should be deleting tests. But I do not need to ridicule
you for your opinion. Can I see 1-3 do-overs a year per
student? Yeah probably. But if I am seeing 1-3 a week or
a month, then they are cheating the program. Sadly
enough, its usually teachers changing things to get scores
up or competing with other classes so they encourage this
kind of behavior.

As for Carolyn and others. Nobody said this is a Pro - AR
site only. She has a right to voice her displeasure.
There is nothing more rewarding than taking a non-believer
and making them a believer in our world of reading.

However, she has a right to post good, bad or indifferent
without being attacked. Granted, she can be more
professional in her opinions, but keep in mind, none of us
are in her situation and she has been repeatidly burned by
implementation processes. If its not AR, it could be
Reading counts, or some other program.

There are things we learn both from people that like the
program and people that dislike it. While my opinions may
vary, I find no need in attacking another fellow teacher
as in the end we all want the same thing which is helping
students to read.

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