Tag Archives: improve test scores
Firing Entire Staff of Teachers?
Would a district desperate to improve test scores ever decide to simply fire every teacher on staff at one school and start fresh? The implications of a decision like this are huge, yet one Rhode Island school district has decided … Continue reading
How to Improve Standardized Test Scores
Research based information on how to improve test scores. Continue reading
Student Assessment
Student assessment is a vital part of teaching. There is some confusion surrounding lesson plan assessment, though. Student assessment is not an opportunity to find out if a student learned the required material. Rather, it is an opportunity for teachers … Continue reading
Report Card Time
Teachers, it’s report card time, and that means report card comments. While it is a time consuming task to write individual comments on report cards, it is important to not resort to cliche comments that mean little to parents. Here … Continue reading
The Drop-Off Generation
Teachers fight a constant battle to get parents more involved. Some schools have highly involved parents and other schools have less than half of the parents show up to a back-to-school night. Part of this lack of parental involvement is … Continue reading
