We are at the end of our 3rd year, and are all praying that it
doesn't get renewed. If you look at all the posts in the
chatboard, I think we all agree -- there is some good that
comes out of it, but mostly a huge amount of stress on the
teachers and in turn the students. I really don't think any
data will support that this program has done the miraculous
things it has claimed it will do. I've been teaching for a
long time now and in the past three years that we've had this
grant I've seen a drastic decrease in the students' reading
abilities -- and let's not even start talking about writing
and math skills! They are, however, getting much better at
taking multiple choice and constructed response tests.

On 3/26/09, emma wrote:
> We are in our last year of a 3 year RF grant and our
> principal is asking for another 3 year extension. There
> is an 80% chance he will get it since we've done so well
> for the past 3 years as a school. Does anyone know what
> it's like? Is it just the same as the previous 3 years?
> So much work and testing has been loaded on to our backs
> that we don't even walk straight anymore. I have learned a
> lot of good strategies, but some of it is such useless
> stuff just to make us "earn" the grant. Everytime our
> Reading Coach and principal go to an RF meeting, we know
> they will come back with more work to pile on us. Not to
> mention that we are observed a lot and critiqued a lot,
> too. It has gotten so tiresome. Has anyone been part of
> an RF extension? I would appreciate feedback on this just
> so I know what to expect. Thanks!

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