http://steelmagnolia.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ My blog posts are limited to friends and family. If I know you, or if you are interested in Mississippi Teacher Corps, email me so I can give you access** en Vox Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:39:02 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://steelmagnolia.vox.com/library/post/district-exams.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Holly Dausen) http://steelmagnolia.vox.com/library/post/district-exams.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://steelmagnolia.vox.com/library/post/district-exams.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:39:02 -0800 <p>My students took their district exams today.&#160; Good side: I only have to give two make up exams and finish grading the papers I already have...(and hold students hostage for another week with nothing to teach) &#160; Bad side:&#160; The scores are abysmal.&#160; This is not an overexaggeration.&#160; The highest score is a 77.&#160; There are approximately 5 scores above 70.&#160; There are a lot of scores that begin with a 3 or 4.&#160; I&#39;m waiting to find out how other schools&#39; scores look.&#160; Regardless, this is not a good sign, since I saw the test and thought it was A. Very difficult, and B. entirely fair.&#160; So now, not only am I a burnt out teacher, apparently, I&#39;m not a very effective one.&#160; We&#39;ll see how long I can convince the kids I don&#39;t have their grades.&#160; They felt good about the test.&#160; Who knows, after we scale it a million points, maybe we&#39;ll come out on top.&#160; (Still not comforting that they missed over 50% of the questions though) </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://steelmagnolia.vox.com/library/post/district-exams.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9730dbf74cd500e398c814300004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p>