I feel it's a joke to only look at test scores and then judge
whether or not a teacher is a "good" teacher. First off,
kids are going to do whatever they want to do with a test.
If they want to screw off and randomly choose answers, then
they are going to do it. If a student gets nervous during a
test and blanks, there is nothing we can do about it.

Something I learned when I used to tutor for a major tutoring
company is this: You cannot GUARANTEE A CHILD BUT you can
guarantee the program (or teaching as in our case). If the
student pays attentions, focuses and has the support they
need to at home and at school, then YES they will be able to
test well and obtain good grades. If ANYTHING is lacking,
then of course they won't test well or get good grades!

On 10/31/09, ??? wrote:
> I consider myself and grade-level team strong teachers, but
> our benchmark and AIMS scores don't seem to reflect it (we
> all tend to cluster around the same scores). Seems like
> the same thing every year no matter where I go (3rd-6th
> year teachers). I love what I do, but every year I feel
> like I work sooo hard (time, effort, energy, emotion - as
> we all do)....just to get these low test scores. What are
> everyone's experiences - do only the good teachers really
> get great scores???

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