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Last week I told my students what they needed to make on
the LEAP test to pass. Since they are the only ones that
count, I only mentioned Math & English. I do not recall
telling them specifically that Science and Social Studies
did not, but apparently they read between the lines. I
just got scolded by my principal because I "told" them
Science and Social Studies do not count. I told her that I
do not remember saying that specifically and I did tell
them they needed to do their best, regardless of whether
it "counted" or not.

Here is my grrr...IT DOESN'T COUNT! I am a social studies
teacher, I would love for it to count but I have a
fundamental problem lying to my students. They are all
stressing out as it is and we keep hearing about helping
them not stress about, well, be honest! We don't lie about
ILEAP not counting. They all know it and yet we still
expect them to do their best. Ugh! <...See More


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