Re: English II test

On 5/08/09, EnglishIITeacher wrote:
> How long were y'all testing? We went from nine o'clock until
> 2:45 with no break for lunch! Very frustrating.
>
> I don't have a copy of the test, so I don't know how to answer
> your question :( Sorry! I only know what's on the sample tests
> on the MDE website.

We began testing at 8:30 after feeding the students a sausage
biscuit. We finished (most of them) by 2 p.m. There were 3 or 4
who were still working so the administrator moved with them to
the library. We did break for lunch - tests were taken up,
hamburgers brought in from the cafeteria - no one could talk,
then there was a bathroom break - again, with no talking. The
whole thing is an ordeal that our students don't really need.
Test, yes, but why does it have to be such torture - both for
the student and the teacher!
>
> On 5/02/09, novels648 wrote:
>> Yesterday I was an administrator for the English II. I
>> teach English I and have faithfully followed the state's
>> framework all year. Why are there so many questions on the
>> English II test that refer to commercials, billboards,
>> advertisements, etc.? Why not more questions on
>> figurative language, formal and informal language, textual
>> structures, inferences, using the composing process, etc.?
>> A lot of the questions seemed rather shallow.